N.C. Police Chase Ends With Suspect Found in Hospital Ceiling
What to know
- A Gastonia police chase involving two stolen motorcycles ended Sunday after both riders crashed and abandoned the bikes.
- A police K‑9 helped locate one suspect hiding in bushes and tracked a second suspect to a nearby hospital, where he was found concealed in a drop ceiling.
- The second suspect faces multiple felony and misdemeanor charges, including possession of a stolen motor vehicle and obstruction of a health care facility.
A police chase involving two stolen motorcycles took an odd turn when one of the bikers was found hiding in the ceiling at a hospital, according to investigators in North Carolina.
The chase began around noon on Sunday, when a Flock camera spotted the suspects traveling along Armstrong Park Road in Gastonia, police said in a May 10 news release.
“Officers quickly located the motorcycles ... and attempted a traffic stop. Both riders took off,” police said. “A short time later, both motorcycles were found wrecked and abandoned at the dead end of Melvin Drive, just east of New Hope Road.”
Gastonia Police K-9 Bo was then brought to the scene to track down the suspects, leading to a 20-year-old man being found hiding nearby in some bushes, police said.
“Bo then continued tracking the second suspect ... to CaroMont Regional Medical Center. After an extensive search, patrol officers, with the assistance of K-9 Bo, located (the suspect) hiding in a dropdown ceiling of the hospital.”
The suspect, a 27-year-old Dallas man, had been charged with felony possession of a stolen motor vehicle, resisting a public officer, second degree trespassing, reckless driving, and obstruction of a health care facility, court records show.
Charges against the 20-year-old suspect were not released.
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