A teenage boy was arrested Saturday in a northeastern Twin Cities suburb after shoplifting and fleeing law enforcement in a stolen vehicle, authorities said.
The 17-year-old took about $70 worth of items from a Walmart in Vadnais Heights, Minnesota, the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies responded, but he drove away before they could make an arrest.
Deputies chased him on County Road E East until he crashed near English Street. After the crash, a pursuing deputy rammed the teen’s car “to make it more difficult for the suspect to keep trying to evade arrest,” the sheriff’s office said…