{"id":317497,"date":"2026-10-30T08:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T08:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/317497\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T08:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T08:38:12","slug":"chase-in-spirit-halloween-parking-lot-started-as-report-for-stolen-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/317497\/","title":{"rendered":"Chase in Spirit Halloween parking lot started as report for stolen vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/news-team\/e1a85d48-e194-405d-81a9-0077595366af\" aria-label=\"Kelly Sasso profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793349492_974_e1a85d48-e194-405d-81a9-0077595366af_1493386254.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Kelly Sasso\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>MONROEVILLE, Pa. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">A traffic stop at in a Spirit Halloween parking lot turned into a chase in Allegheny County. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Video above: Our coverage on the search in Churchill <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">The Monroeville Police Department confirmed to Pittsburgh&#8217;s Action News 4 that they attempted to stop a suspected stolen vehicle, with a stolen registration around 1:45 p.m. Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Authorities say they were in the parking lot of the Spirit Halloween when the unidentified suspect fled the traffic stop and began driving west on William Penn Highway in Wilkins Township. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">The chase for the suspect ended when officers lost sight of the suspect in the area of the Home Depot.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Following the chase, there was a large police presence and an apparent search in a nearby area. Video from Sky 4, Pittsburgh&#8217;s only news chopper, showed officers in a wooded area near Nottingham Drive and Beulah Road.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">Multiple police departments, including Monroeville, Penn Hills and Churchill, as well as Allegheny County Sheriff&#8217;s deputies, were seen responding to the incident.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">Looking for more news in your area | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WTAE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Subscribe to the WTAE YouTube Channel<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">Sky 4 video showed one person in handcuffs. Police have not provided additional information on the person who was taken into custody. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/get-pittsburgh-s-action-news-4-on-the-go-wtae\/44045498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Download the WTAE app<\/a> to stay connected with breaking news. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for our email newsletters<\/a> to get breaking news in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MONROEVILLE, Pa. \u2014 A traffic stop at in a Spirit Halloween parking lot turned into a chase in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[900,894,748,10927,128749,29834,2582,26102,129354,2092,128750,4042,6465,1358,73,75,74,7852,3571,129353,17925,22473,100176,420,10254],"class_list":["post-317497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-action-news","tag-allegheny-county","tag-chase","tag-churchill","tag-churchill-area","tag-handcuff","tag-incident","tag-large-police-presence","tag-monroeville-police-chase","tag-more-news","tag-nottingham-drive","tag-officer","tag-penn-hills","tag-person","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-search","tag-sky","tag-spirit-halloween-parking-lot","tag-traffic-stop","tag-tuesday-afternoon","tag-unidentified-suspect","tag-video","tag-wtae"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}