Teen Charged With Stealing Multiple Vehicles, Eluding Police

A teen has been arrested, accused of stealing at least three vehicles and running from police.  The first theft happened around 10:15 p.m. Tuesday. Police responded to the 11000 block of Zeolite Drive in Stead, where a vehicle had been taken. Later in the night, officers found the vehicle and the suspect in the area of Mayor’s Park. The suspect drove from officers and abandoned the vehicle near Echo Drive. It is suspected this same juvenile stole two more vehicles in the North Valleys after abandoning the first. Around 3 a.m. Wednesday, an officer spotted one of them, a moped, in the 13000 block of Lear Boulevard. Police say the suspect walked out of a nearby store after stealing items, then drove off on the moped, eluding police. He was arrested in the area of Lone Desert and Silver Sky Parkway.