The Juvenile Crime Task Force Thursday night arrested two teens and recovered a stolen vehicle and two handguns.
Officers responded to a report of a stolen silver BMW traveling in the 1800 block of Hermosa Street. They located the car at 19th Avenue North and Herman Street where the driver fled at a high rate of speed. Officers did not pursue the vehicle. They coordinated efforts with a police helicopter pilot who later relayed to ground units that the BMW had stopped in an alleyway near North 2nd Street and Truetland Avenue. The driver, convicted felon Deangelo Thomas, 19, and his 14-year-old female passenger fled from the vehicle on foot but were quickly taken into custody.
Recovered from the BMW was a backpack containing two loaded handguns. Thomas, of Kate Street, is charged with theft of the BMW which was stolen in Lebanon, Tennessee, felon in possession of a weapon, leaving the scene of an accident, evading arrest, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Thomas has two previous convictions for felony drug possession from March and August 2018. He is being held in lieu of $90,000 bond.
The 14-year-old was charged in Juvenile Court with vehicle theft, second offense handgun possession, and evading arrest.
