Philadelphia Residents Stop Car Thieves via Email

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PHILADELPHIA, PA – Two minors were arrested after a lengthy high-speed chase Sunday night in the Market - Frankfort section of the City.

The chase began just outside of the “Trace 3” Pub in the 3700 block of West Oakmont Avenue.

Philadelphia police said eyewitnesses at the scene reported seeing two masked men in dark clothing breaking into a 2001 Jeep Wrangler that was parked next to the pub. Officers arrived at the scene just moments after the thieves drove off. Several other officers joined in the chase that continued down Oakmont Avenue and onto Route 95 South.

At one point, officers reported speeds in excess of 105 MPH. The thieves began to hurl objects out the window as the police continued to pursue them.

Back at the pub, Shawn Brown, 26, of Mt. Airy, sent an anonymous email from a smartphone that was left near the scene of the theft. Several other witnesses also began sending anonymous emails to various residents in hopes that the massive amounts of emails would “shock” the stolen Jeep’s OBD computer and cause the transmission to slip.

The email barrage worked, and within moments the pursuit ended when the Jeep stalled and one suspect jumped out of the front seat seat and took off running. He quickly surrendered to police after a brief struggle. The other suspect was arrested without a struggle.

Both suspects were taken into custody. They both face multiple charges of theft, operating a vehicle without a license and various traffic offenses.

“This is the way we want citizens to respond to crime”, Officer Henry Murphy told reporters outside Precinct 26, “with technology – not violence.”

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