Police chased a burglary suspect on local freeways from Anaheim until the person crashed in the Los Angeles International Airport tunnel on northbound Sepulveda Boulevard at about 9:10 this morning.
The burglary occurred in Tustin and Anaheim Police attempted to stop the suspect on northbound Interstate 5. The suspect fled and the pursuit continued on the westbound 105 Freeway until the suspect crashed into the side of the tunnel.
Traffic was briefly stopped in both directions on Sepulveda Boulevard and police also stopped motorists from exiting the 105 Freeway off ramp at Sepulveda. One lane of northbound traffic remains closed in the tunnel at this time.
*Updated 9:40 a.m.
Tustin Police Department spokesman Jeff Blair said the incident started this morning when a man tried to break into a home he apparently believed was unoccupied in a residential tract in the city known as the Peppertree homes.
The occupant of the home called 911 and a patrol car arrived at the home just as the man fled in his car. A four-minute long pursuit began at 8:20 a.m. until the officers in the patrol car lost sight of the fleeing vehicle.
However, a Tustin detective in an unmarked car heard the activity on the radio and at 8:31 a.m. saw the speeding car coming up behind him on northbound Interstate 5. He trailed the car until Anaheim Police arrived on the scene and a second pursuit ensured at 8:33 a.m. until it ended on Sepulveda Boulevard beneath an LAX runway.
"He's coming back to Tustin," Blair said. "He will face charges of residential burglary, evading a police officer and whatever else he's got going on."
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