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Police follow stolen vehicle from Manatee through Tampa to St. Petersburg

 
Published June 26, 2015

Police followed a stolen vehicle from Manatee County through Hillsborough County and eventually caught up to the driver in St. Petersburg overnight, according to authorities.

An undercover Tampa police detective reportedly searched the tag number on the vehicle and determined it was stolen. The department's air unit then followed the car into St. Petersburg, according to Tampa police.

Once in St. Petersburg, authorities said, the suspects stopped at the Spring Lake Apartments on 31st Street S. A K-9 unit was called and officers arrested three people immediately; one other person was found not long after, according to St. Petersburg police.

Authorities did not identify the suspects.

No further information was immediately available.