{"id":408820,"date":"2026-09-24T01:16:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/408820\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T01:16:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:16:37","slug":"watch-16-year-old-arrested-outside-st-petersburg-cvs-after-chase-in-stolen-car-deputies-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/408820\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: 16-year-old arrested outside St. Petersburg CVS after chase in stolen car, deputies say"},"content":{"rendered":"

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 A 16-year-old was arrested outside of a CVS store in St. Petersburg after deputies said he led them on a chase in a stolen car.<\/p>\n

The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said<\/a> its deputies spotted the stolen vehicle heading eastbound on Ulmerton Road around 6 p.m. on Sept. 17.<\/p>\n

Video shows the driver turning into a shopping center off Park Boulevard and 49th Street, where a deputy approached from the opposite direction.<\/p>\n

\"16yo<\/p>\n

The driver took off, weaving through parking spaces before unloading a passenger in a CVS parking lot, according to PCSO.<\/p>\n

“The vehicle then made for the far side of the lot, but a deputy blocked the exit while the deputy who had been tailing it closed in from behind,” PCSO said. “There was nowhere left to go.”<\/p>\n

Body camera video shows the 16-year-old driver running from officers on a sidewalk along Park Boulevard. The sheriff’s office said a deputy deployed a Taser and arrested him.<\/p>\n

He was charged with grand theft of a motor vehicle, fleeing to elude, resisting arrest without violence and no valid driver’s license.<\/p>\n

PCSO said the teenager originally claimed the car belonged to his grandmother, but it “wasn’t long before the truth came out.”<\/p>\n

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