LONG BEACH -- Long Beach K-9 units found the real "McCoy" early Monday while searching for a stolen car suspect.
It was like a scene out of the TV shop "COPS" when officers went to the 1300 block of Michelson Street around 5 a.m. Monday to arrest a 26-year-old Long Beach man wanted for stealing a car.
The suspect, identified as Patrick McCoy, was known to the victim, said Officer Israel Ramirez, a Long Beach Police Department spokesman.
When police went to the home on Michelson where McCoy was believed to be staying the suspect bolted out of the back of the residence and hopped a fence into a neighbor's yard before disappearing from view, Ramirez said.
Police officers at the scene set up a perimeter and locked down the neighborhood, bringing in K-9 units to search for the suspect, Ramirez said.
The dogs' noses led them to a parked car in the same block. McCoy was found cowering under the vehicle and immediately arrested, Ramirez said.
He was booked on several counts, including auto theft, burglary, defacing/damaging property and an outstanding warrant for auto theft.
McCoy was being held in lieu of $70,000 bail Tuesday and scheduled for arraignment Wednesday.
It was like a scene out of the TV shop "COPS" when officers went to the 1300 block of Michelson Street around 5 a.m. Monday to arrest a 26-year-old Long Beach man wanted for stealing a car.
The suspect, identified as Patrick McCoy, was known to the victim, said Officer Israel Ramirez, a Long Beach Police Department spokesman.
When police went to the home on Michelson where McCoy was believed to be staying the suspect bolted out of the back of the residence and hopped a fence into a neighbor's yard before disappearing from view, Ramirez said.
Police officers at the scene set up a perimeter and locked down the neighborhood, bringing in K-9 units to search for the suspect, Ramirez said.
The dogs' noses led them to a parked car in the same block. McCoy was found cowering under the vehicle and immediately arrested, Ramirez said.
He was booked on several counts, including auto theft, burglary, defacing/damaging property and an outstanding warrant for auto theft.
McCoy was being held in lieu of $70,000 bail Tuesday and scheduled for arraignment Wednesday.
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