GRANDPA TUCKER's HOUSE

This is our Grandpa Tucker's house- Lesson: wait until your 16 to drive

"St. George Police arrested two juveniles after a short pursuit after the suspect vehicle failed to negotiate a turn and crashed into a house.About 12:30 a.m., today an officer saw a car with no headlight and attempted to make a traffic stop, but the car took off.Because the violation was so minor, the officer did not pursue but put out the description and license plate over the radio and the direction of travel. Another officer spotted the vehicle a few minutes later northbound on 400 East coming to 700 South. This officer was parked on the side of the road. The suspect car attempted to make a right turn, but did such a wide turn that it almost hit the police car, missing it by a couple of feet.The suspect vehicle continued driving recklessly east bound from that location and the officer pursued. Several blocks later, at speeds about 70 mph estimated by the officer who followed, trying to keep the vehicle in sight, the suspect vehicle tried to turn right again, this time onto 900 East, but failed to do so, going off the roadway, over a sidewalk and into the side of a condominium.The officer came around the corner to see the two male occupants fleeing on foot. Another officer was coming from the south and took one of the boys into custody and the other boy was taken into custody a short distance later after the officer told him to stop or he would deploy a Taser.The registered owner of the vehicle was called and it was found that the boy had taken his grandmother’s car without her permission. Both boys were examined by medical personnel as a precaution and then booked into detention for curfew, failing to stop at the command of an officer, unauthorized control of a motor vehicle and the driver also had numerous traffic violations. Both boys were 15 and indicated that the reason they fled was because they had no licenses. Neither of the boys was injured in the incident."

We are so grateful Grandpa Tucker is OK and his house is somewhat patched up. Repairs will get started soon.