2 teens in custody, 1 at large after multi-van police chase from PA to MD

Maryland State Police said two teens are in custody and another person is still at large after a police chase that spanned from Pennsylvania into Maryland.According to officials, the teens arrested are ages 14 and 17 and from Baltimore City. The teens will be charged as juveniles with motor vehicle theft for in connection with the vans, resisting arrest and related traffic offenses.Around 5 a.m., Pennsylvania State Police reported being in a vehicle pursuit with two white vans, which had been reported stolen from Baltimore City, traveling south on Route 1 towards Maryland, MSP said. Pennsylvania State Police reported the drivers of the white vans had stolen dirt bikes from a commercial building."The suspects inside were believed to have stolen dirt bikes from a commercial building, and when they made their way into Maryland, they separated," Ron Snyder, spokesperson for the Maryland State Police, said. MSP said the vans separated once they reached Maryland -- one driving south on Route 272 and the other driving south on Route 276. Maryland State Police became involved in the pursuit on I-95 at Tydings Memorial Bridge, officials said.Officials said the pursuit on Route 272 continued until mile marker 83 on I-95 in Aberdeen, where two people bailed from the van into a wooded area. A perimeter was established and MSP K-9 units and Aviation Command responded. Both people who bailed from the van were taken into custody, officials said."They helped with that pursuit, they helped with the search and both suspects were taken into custody," Snyder said. The van traveling on Route 276 crashed into a marked Maryland State Police patrol car at Route 222 and I-95 in Perryville, police said. The driver fled the car and is still at large, police said."We are actively pursuing that suspect and any leads involving the case overall," Snyder said. No troopers were injured in the crash, officials said.Maryland Transportation Authority officials said there were delays on southbound I-95 past exits 80 and 85 due to Maryland State Police activity, but those delays have been cleared.Stay with WBALTV.com and 11 News for more on this developing story.

Maryland State Police said two teens are in custody and another person is still at large after a police chase that spanned from Pennsylvania into Maryland.

According to officials, the teens arrested are ages 14 and 17 and from Baltimore City. The teens will be charged as juveniles with motor vehicle theft for in connection with the vans, resisting arrest and related traffic offenses.


Around 5 a.m., Pennsylvania State Police reported being in a vehicle pursuit with two white vans, which had been reported stolen from Baltimore City, traveling south on Route 1 towards Maryland, MSP said. Pennsylvania State Police reported the drivers of the white vans had stolen dirt bikes from a commercial building.

"The suspects inside were believed to have stolen dirt bikes from a commercial building, and when they made their way into Maryland, they separated," Ron Snyder, spokesperson for the Maryland State Police, said.

MSP said the vans separated once they reached Maryland -- one driving south on Route 272 and the other driving south on Route 276. Maryland State Police became involved in the pursuit on I-95 at Tydings Memorial Bridge, officials said.

Officials said the pursuit on Route 272 continued until mile marker 83 on I-95 in Aberdeen, where two people bailed from the van into a wooded area. A perimeter was established and MSP K-9 units and Aviation Command responded. Both people who bailed from the van were taken into custody, officials said.

"They helped with that pursuit, they helped with the search and both suspects were taken into custody," Snyder said.

The van traveling on Route 276 crashed into a marked Maryland State Police patrol car at Route 222 and I-95 in Perryville, police said. The driver fled the car and is still at large, police said.

"We are actively pursuing that suspect and any leads involving the case overall," Snyder said.

No troopers were injured in the crash, officials said.

Maryland Transportation Authority officials said there were delays on southbound I-95 past exits 80 and 85 due to Maryland State Police activity, but those delays have been cleared.

Stay with WBALTV.com and 11 News for more on this developing story.



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This is a look at the damage done to the Maryland state trooper patrol car that was hit by a stolen van during a pursuit this morning. Full details in a live report tonight at five on #WBAL pic.twitter.com/NtfkAs8lRG — Theo Hayes WBAL (@TheoHayesWBAL) May 29, 2019

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