{"id":248174,"date":"2026-04-27T12:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T12:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/248174\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T12:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T12:15:09","slug":"6-florida-teens-caught-on-camera-running-out-of-stolen-car-after-high-speed-chase-in-pinellas-county-fhp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/248174\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Florida teens caught on camera running out of stolen car after high-speed chase in Pinellas County: FHP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/6jb51ct7n3dc1c9c.jpg\" alt=\"Teens arrested in Pinellas after chase: FHP\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/video\/fmc-3kp8v675avf6s4v8\" data-v-4292be72=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Teens arrested in Pinellas after chase: FHP<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-4292be72=\"\">The Florida Highway Patrol says six teens were caught on camera running from a stolen SUV after they led troopers on a\u00a0high-speed chase in Pinellas County early on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">CLEARWATER, Fla. &#8211; Six teens were taken into custody early Saturday morning after a high-speed chase of a stolen SUV ended in a foot chase through a neighborhood, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Timeline:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The incident happened around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, when troopers received a FLOCK hit alert and found a red Honda SUV that had been reported stolen the previous day by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hillsborough County<\/a> Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Troopers spotted the vehicle on U.S. 19 North near Countryside Boulevard. When authorities attempted a traffic stop, the driver of the Honda immediately fled, exiting onto Countryside Boulevard and driving into oncoming traffic, investigators said. After a shot pursuit, troopers say they executed a Precision Immobilization Technique (PIT) maneuver, successfully disabling the SUV at the intersection of Countryside Boulevard and Village Drive.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Authorities say six occupants ran from the disabled SUV, running south into a nearby apartment complex. Following a coordinated search involving the Pinellas County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Clearwater Police, K9 units, and aviation support, all suspects were located and detained.<\/p>\n<p> Charges and suspects <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The 17-year-old driver was charged with fleeing and eluding, resisting an officer without violence, and possession of stolen property.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Four passengers were also charged with resisting an officer without violence:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Alan K. Garrett, 18, of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/pinellas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">St. Petersburg<\/a>, who faces an additional charge of possession of marijuana (less than 20 grams).<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Three girls, ages 15, 15, and 17.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">A fifth passenger, a 17-year-old female, was released to her parents at the scene. Authorities stated she was not charged because she complied with all commands and did not attempt to flee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information for this story was collected from the Florida Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/pinellas\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pinellas County<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hillsborough County<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Teens arrested in Pinellas after chase: FHP The Florida Highway Patrol says six teens were caught on camera&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[47,28,30,29,629,115,1157,628],"class_list":["post-248174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-hillsborough","tag-news","tag-pinellas","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}