POLICE BRIEFS

Fountain Valley police located a car last week that was allegedly

stolen by a Huntington Beach man.

On May 8, Officer Bobby Miramontes located the 2000 Ford crew cab at

Brookhurst Street and Edinger Avenue. A record check on the license plate

showed that it was stolen off a Mercury vehicle. The license plate theft

occurred earlier that day, outside of Huntington Beach.

The vehicle was driven by Thomas L. McClaine, 33 of Huntington Beach.

Miramontes and Officer Ray Rakitis stopped the vehicle in a parking

lot in the 16200 block of Brookhurst Street. Shortly after the stop was

made, McClane who was the sole occupant, exited the vehicle and took off

running. He jumped the fence on the south end of a complex and into a

residential yard.

Officers were involved in a foot pursuit of McClane for about a

half-mile, when he jumped another fence back into the parking lot. He was

taken into custody without any further incident.

McClane was arrested for auto theft and possession of stolen property.