Search for suspect vehicle near Gilbert Rd in desert area, Mesa AZ


Police searched the desert near Gilbert Road for a suspect vehicle. They found a dark Chevy Colorado at a house near North Roma but determined it was likely unrelated. The original suspect vehicle was a silver four-door car with damage. The area search found no matching vehicles.
Audio|Source: Mesa Police Department Red Mountain Patrol District
06:30
Transcript:
00:00
They're just east of the crossroad, Shia, and the B-Line Highway, for 87.
00:04
Adam 31, that plate's showing zero on the 25 Chevy's Colorado.
00:07
It's registered to (name withheld).
00:08
7.033, just as they are stopped, correct?
00:11
3M31 copy. This is probably going to be negative.
00:13
I need units to keep you need to hold the perimeter this.
00:16
I'm going to give it to him but any firmamentary holds.
00:20
Copy. Oh yeah, I'm the shelter for my friend.
00:23
My map doesn't have any landmarks.
00:28
My map doesn't have any landmarks.
00:31
Talk about. Okay, I'm 31, this vehicle is going to be negative.
00:33
I have no...
00:34
Okay.
00:35
You get 21 to Falcon.
00:36
Go ahead. It looks like east of Gilbert Road, where this dirt road goes, that they flat on, goes to a house.
00:42
Have we checked that house, see if the truck's there?
00:44
Yeah, I've not checked any houses.
00:46
I've just been looking in the open desert.
00:47
I know there's a couple of units over here there.
00:49
I'll go back and check that.
00:51
The rest of this desert from Gilbert to the Grenary Dam from the B-line to the Salt River is negative.
00:56
I can't draw by the house.
00:57
I did not see any trucks there.
00:58
Check a couple of structures that are east of Gilbert Road probably about mile, mile and a half, just south of the B-line.
01:06
Those were negative.
01:07
Let's check that group of houses just off the Gilbert Road, south of the B-line.
01:10
Copy. Yeah, I was talking about the one about a mile.
01:12
E. X-ray 33. Is that Colorado a newer version or an older one?
01:17
What's yours? Could it have been possibly a charcoal color or it was for sure like a dark black?
01:21
Sam, Adam, 33.
01:22
33.
01:23
DPS is asking if we want to connect to their George Debt.
01:26
7-13, real quick, just to verify,
01:28
our initial vehicle is actually a silver passenger car, correct?
01:31
X-ray 33.
01:32
Right here near North Roma, there was a dark charcoal, dark charcoal color Colorado backed in.
01:39
I don't know if I think it's got any heat to it.
01:40
Okay,
01:42
do you copy? I did, but I don't know where that address is.
01:43
So what were the numbers again?
01:45
(number withheld) North Roma.
01:47
It's just directly east from Gilbert Road and just south of the B-line.
01:56
All right, yeah, if it's the first structure you come off of,
01:59
first structure you come to off of Gilbert Road, I was just looking at that one and it's not very hot, but it is a Chevy Colorado.
02:05
I'm at him 33.
02:06
Go ahead. Do you want to use GPS as George Deck?
02:09
DPS is asking if we want to patch? No, not right now.
02:12
Got me.
02:13
I'm 33 to start Charlie.
02:14
5-Charlie, 36.
02:16
Can you meet me back here at the roadway where you lost the vehicle? 104 on the way back.
02:23
At this time, it's looking like our Colorado may be unrelated to the original 900[1], because the vehicle descriptions do not match.
02:36
104. Real time.
02:38
Time. Reference to the original vehicle.
02:40
Did you see that had a back bumper and a taillight missing?
02:42
The original vehicle was a silver four-door passenger car.
02:46
The passenger, the front passenger headlight was out and it looked like the rear had damage to it.
02:52
Okay. Lincoln 21 to real time.
02:54
How did we end up on this Colorado, do you know?
02:56
I don't know, sir. I think one of the patrol officers saw it speeding.
03:00
5236, that was me.
03:01
Bliggin 21, copy.
03:02
I observed it with 646 driving behavior, ran multiple lights, was failing to maintain lane, and had it damage for a bumper.
03:09
Talking our area check is negative at this point from Gilbert Road again to the Granite Reef Dam from the B-line down to the Salt River.
03:16
I'm not seeing anything in this desert.
03:18
I've checked all the residences.
03:19
There's only the one Chevy Colorado right off the Gilbert Road.
03:22
It is backed in, but it's relatively cool.
03:25
There are several people sitting on the front porch.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
900: Welfare check
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Location mentioned:
Gilbert Rd, Mesa, AZ
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