Person flees scene near parkway and creekside after gas theft, Porterville CA


The audio reports a police pursuit of a person running near Parkway Drive and Creekside. The suspect is believed to have siphoned gas and left a gas can on the sidewalk. Officers track the person moving northeast toward a river area.
Audio|Source: Porterville Police
02:58
Transcript:
00:00
Fortyville's 35, just have somebody leg bell, unknown reasons, uh, blue shirt, blue jeans, in a south, east direction, parkway, drive, and creek side.
00:10
Temper. He's definitely running quick.
00:11
Let me check out these cars in the area.
00:13
2391 can you start with life?
00:15
All there is six-five.
00:16
The correction, uh,
00:17
path of travel is going to be northeast.
00:19
Pretty sure he's going to take the walkway towards J Street.
00:23
I can still hear him running.
00:24
The lane is going towards the river.
00:27
Affirm, or J, the direction is northeast.
00:31
You might have been siphoning the gas left behind a chastling tank.
00:37
Okay.
00:38
I just can't tell from one car.
00:39
It looks like it came from the area of near Parkway and then their jacked can right in front of the sidewalk.
00:45
That's a sidewalk.
00:48
Fortisbury, I'm gonna be I am 450.
00:50
Do you think he made it to 450 or was he still pretty west of that?
00:54
Uh, about 200 yards from 450, so if so maybe he's just right about there now, if he still continued that way.
01:04
223, it was probably that guy we passed that had a shirt over his shoulder, he's wearing a white tee.
01:09
Negative, it's not gonna beat him.
01:11
He was at A.m.
01:13
earlier prior to 235 contacting the other guy.
01:17
I'll check the callbox.
01:18
This is almost to check maybe a south bank east to change.
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Location mentioned:
S Creekside St, Porterville, CA 93257
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