East Bay authorities were involved in two police chases late Wednesday, with one ending in a crash and the second turning into a foot pursuit where the suspect managed to get away.
At first glance of the aerial footage from a chase in Oakland , it looks like a man is parking his gray pickup truck in East Oakland. He casually gets out and slowly walks up the street.
Then, two motorcycle officers from the Oakland Police Department show up and the chase ensues. He takes off running, jumping into a resident’s backyard. He jumps fence after fence, at times he’s seen taking off his sweatshirt and sitting on stairs to take a break.
The man doesn’t give up. He keeps going from one backyard to another. At one point, he jumps into a yard with two dogs. Police said he is wanted for driving a stolen car. After a brief chase, the man somehow managed to hide in a shed and slip away from police.
Around the same time, a pair of suspected thieves were on the run in Contra Costa County after a robbery at this Taco Bell in Lafayette.