Four teenagers landed in custody on Friday morning after what police describe as a rolling series of crashes involving stolen Kias across East Portland. The chaotic ride cut through several neighborhoods before officers locked down the area, tracked the group and arrested four youths. Police said no one was hurt.
What police say
According to Portland police, the trouble started at about 8 a.m. when a Kia crashed in the 3700 block of Southeast 92nd Avenue. Witnesses told officers the occupants bailed out, jumped into a second Kia and sped off.
Not long after, calls began coming in about juveniles driving “very recklessly” and hanging out of car windows near Northeast Killingsworth Street and Cully Boulevard. Police say that second Kia later crashed as well, and its occupants took off on foot.
Officers then located a third Kia that may have been racing in the area. Police formed a perimeter, searched the neighborhood and ultimately detained four youths, who were booked into the Juvenile Detention Center, according to KATU…