DES MOINES, Iowa — Des Moines police have arrested a Florida man after a chase in a stolen car Friday afternoon.
According to police, a rental car company alerted authorities to a stolen vehicle being operated in downtown Des Moines at around 1:30 p.m. Officers spotted the vehicle near 13th Street and Locust Street, but the driver accelerated away.
Less than a minute later, the driver, identified as Amahad Keon Ware, 28, of Lauderhill, Florida, crashed the car in an alley near 12th Street and Cherry Street. Police say he abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot before being taken into custody a few blocks away…