A 25-year-old man is in critical condition in Los Angeles, Calif., after he allegedly stole a police cruiser and smashed it into a Starbucks coffee shop. NBCNews.com's Al Stirrett reports.
A man who stole a police car in South Los Angeles and crashed it into a Starbucks coffee shop Friday has lost his legs, according to local media reports.
The 25-year-old suspect, who was the only person injured in the crash, was hospitalized in critical condition, according to NBCLosAngeles.com. He also lost both of his legs in the accident, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The crash occurred at about 4 a.m. near 1298 South La Brea Ave., police said. Aerial video provided by NBCLosAngeles.com showed vehicle wreckage and damage to the front of the Starbucks. A light pole and another vehicle also were wrecked, the Times reported.
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"That was the most damage I've ever seen to a black-and-white police car in 24 years," Los Angeles Police Department Cmdr. Andrew Smith told NBCLosAngeles.com. "That was an unbelievable scene of carnage. The engine was out, the transmission was in the road, and the hood was down street. The car was a complete and total wreck."
Officials shut down La Brea Avenue near San Vicente Boulevard during the investigation.
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The car was stolen as two officers were conducting an investigation at Adams Boulevard and La Brea Avenue, NBCLosAngeles.com reported. The officers left the keys in the police vehicle, according to police.
The suspect, who might have grand-theft auto charges, drove away at "high speed" in the cruiser, heading north on La Brea Avenue. Officers did not pursue him, police told NBCLosAngeles.com.
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"We're unsure why he took the car," Smith told NBCLosAngeles.com. "Whether it was a joy ride or what. Apparently he saw the police car there, the keys were in it, and he made a bad choice."
"Many officers leave their keys in the car so they can jump back in and get out of a situation quickly," Smith told NBCLosAngeles.com.
NBC News' Sevil Omer contributed to this report.
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Yes, this would qualify as Grand Theft Auto & Destruction even when the keys were left in for a donut shop run. Bad boys, bad boys whatcha gonna do when de saw your legs in two, bad boys....
Too bad it didn't take everything between his legs, too, thereby removing him from the gene pool.
You know the lawyers are going to blame the police for entrapment in this one. They for got to put that sign up about the car having the keys in it and warning him that stealing the car could result in the loss of one or both legs if he crashed it into a Starbucks, because Starbucks does not carry proper police donuts!
woah, down there crashing into a starbucks is probably equal to defiling a place of worship. The fact that it was a cop car would be the cherry on this iced mocha fat free latte cake ;)
1 Adam 12; see the man...correction, see the parts that are left of the man at the corner of...
Deny me disability for my hangnail - I'll show you.
Richard; I'm on disability, have endured 12 operations, and need more...so I'm also making fun of myself, humor beats feeling sorry for myself. You can either accept your condition and adapt, or you can seek pity.
Sounds like he was suicidal to me, poor Baby. Notice that some folks want us to think the world is ravaged by crime and criminals in the streets, but cops typically leave their keys in the cars all over the Nation.....things that make you go "hmmmmmmmmmm......".
Yeah, 3 - 1 he sues for tempting him beyond his ability to withstand.
If he lives, guess who is going to pay for his hospitalization, subsequent physical therapy, and probably lifetime disability? Yeah, who needs the Affordable Care Act?
I don't think it pays for self inflicted injury. But if it does, we the taxpayers will pay for his care and housing.
The taxpayers are going to pay for his hospital stay, his trial, his incarceration long term and subsequent medical cost and the patrol car. Too bad he didn't annihilate himself.
Its been over 12 hours, why hasn't the suspect been identified yet? I wonder...
In addition to Grand Theft Auto charges he should be charged with being massively stupid.... Stealing a cop car............ Duh.
And, if he gets any jail time, as soon as he gets out he's probably going to sue the city to make their squad cars wheelchair accessible and demand that they all have disabled parking stickers on their windshields.
Terrible loss though and at state expense he's going to get artificial limbs because the negligent police officers left the keys in their car.
Sad never-the-less, that was a nice rig.
"Thank God they are Stoopid!" - Detective Briscoe, Law & Order (aka Jerry Orbach, RIP)
At least Karma got him a little bit but only took one of his legs off. I hope the Basturd suffered - but probably not since his nerves were severed when his one leg flew off.
I am wondering how in the heck he did not bleed out. Probably some dumba$$ good Samaritan stopped the bleeding and saved this worthless, low life scum bag.
Probably on dope and higher than a kite and most certain he is Black because if he was White, Hispanic or Asian that would have been reported. Maybe he is some well known person's son and that is why his identity has been kept secret for so long.
LAPD ON CAMERA - they get there to help the guy, who was thrown from the vehicle and he is fighting with them. They should have shot him in the head a few times to make sure he was dead to save taxpayers a lot of money. Had ever legal right to do so since he was fighting with them but since he was probably Black and they knew they were on cameras - they did not shoot him. FNG RACISM AGAINST ALL OTHER RACES and even more so if it turns out he is the son of someone who things they are special and so is their son. Yep, he is special now, missing a leg.
FNG worthless POS would have been up on his feet and running away if his one leg was not severed. Thanks Be To God for that. One that did not get away. Of course now, the hardworking, decent taxpayers are going to be paying his medical bills, therapy, wheelchairs, artificial leg, vehicle with hand controls, etc. Over a million dollars in a year or so and a bullet only costs a couple of bucks.
I agree with the other poster above - should have lost his family jewels so he could not bred like a rabbit. At his age, I am sure he has a dozen bastard kids already. All being supported by decent, hardworking taxpayers.
Prosecutor's Office better charge him with grand theft auto if he lives and let a jury send him to prison till his work wages pays for the police cruiser and all damage he caused and his medical bills. But being black and in LA, I am sure they will let him off even though his rap sheet is probably 50 pages long.
To RICHARD MORDHORST and other bleeding hearts - It is OK for you to have your opinion but let others voice their personal opinions and you attack them. Well this is my personal opinions and I could care less what you think and this is what I think of you -
First in another Post you say " fvck th chinese" - yes I cleaned up your word for you - SO YOU HATE ASIANS but love worthless Black gangbangers. That means you are either married to one or your kids or grandkids are married to a scumbag gangbanger or you are a FNG one yourself and using a photo of a White Man as your own.
You and others like you are Fng Nuts and are the ones who need Psychiatric Help and confinement for taking the side of a useless, doper criminal, driving at high speeds down city streets not caring if he hit a kid or any person crossing a street or walking on the sidewalk, etc. If this was later in day, he would have killed several people. But yet you have sympathy for him. Go live with these worthless POS.
One reason why I never get upset when dopers or gang bangers or terrorists are killed or die because 9 times out of 10 they are worthless scum bags of society AND I do not care what their color or religion, etc. is.
And Yes, I would refuse to render aid or even call for help - for people, who in my opinion were or are gang members. That is why I love Tattoos and those who dress a certain way - so much. These DUMBA$$E$ have their gang names and symbols all over their bodies or have their bandanas or other special clothing on - so it makes it easy to know which ones to ignore and just leave there to either live or die on their own and to let God decide if they live or die. Not my call. And I know large percentage of others feel the same way as I do. Especially the Great Police Officers who arrive on scenes and in areas with no cameras, POS like this one would be left to make it on his own a few minutes. Cops can trip and fall in all that mess where they cannot render aid right away.
My State of residency no longer has a Good Samaritan Law because - after a doctor and firefighter were killed - when they were off duty and stopped to help a criminal injured in an accident - the State got rid of that stupid law in a special session called just for that. Best money this State ever spent. Police Officers also do not have to render aid unless they are also State Licensed EMTs or Paramedics and current on all procedures and they are not putting their lives in danger - Which is all in their own personal opinion.
IN THE STATE WHERE MY RESIDENCY IS - NO ONE HAS TO HELP ANYONE OR EVEN CALL FOR RESCUE OR ASSISTANCE, ETC. AND ALSO - NO ONE CAN SUE ANYONE ELSE WHO DECIDES TO TRY AND RESCUE THEM OR TRIES TO HELP THEM.
WARNING TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS - BUT IN CALIFORNIA - the decent citizens need to be getting their Good Samaritan Law changed because even though there is NO DUTY to rescue another person, unless they are a child, spouse or other family member, etc. and you MUST try and save them = if you do decide to rescue anyone - "to provide help following an accident is to risk civil liability" meaning the POS who you just saved can sue you and you will lose everything you own and your wages garnished for life that is if you are not sentenced to prison if the person dies or becomes handicapped and blames it on you for pulling them out of a vehicle that could explode or is already on fire or is sinking.
Google - Van Horn vs. Watson and read that case. Torti (Watson) was in a different vehicle and pulled her good friend Van Horn out of the another vehicle she was in that wrecked. Torti went to the wrecked vehicle and pulled her friend out because she feared the car was going to catch on fire or explode. Quoting an Attorney - "There's no immunity, at least in California, for pulling someone out of a burning car." Van Horn sued saying she did not need assistance until rescue arrived and she blamed the injury to her vertebrae she received in the accident - that left her permanently paralyzed - on her friend Torti (Watson) and this POS Van Horn - another doper who had been mixing dope and alcohol - sued and won. It is all about MONEY people, you must remember that before ever helping anyone. Leave them be unless you want to lose everything you own and make for life.
PEOPLE LEAVE PEOPLE TRAPPED IN VEHICLES, etc. at accident scenes alone. You have no way of knowing who is a criminal or not and you could be shot and killed by the criminal, etc. or sued - I am glad this POS Van Horn is permanently paralyzed. If I was Torti (Watson) I would make sure this POS Van Horn saw me running and jumping, riding a bike etc. every chance I could and have others tell her they saw me out dancing and dating, etc.
that's what they get for charging 17 dollars for a cup of horse@!$%# coffee.
he didn't think this through, now he has to spend a bunch of money for wheelchair ramps for his trailer house.
The people at Starbucks knew right away that the squad car was stolen -- Starbucks doesn't serve donuts.
I thought those cars were programmed to only turn into Dunkin' Donuts or Krispy Kremes.
Yes but they are programed to stop and order, it was confused!
That donut joke wasn't funny when it was first told, 77,458,132 times before.
Sipke you missed the count by 1 ;-}
spike; I only read 45,837,062 of the donut jokes, so it's still pretty funny to me.
I never get tired of donuts.
Spike, are you a cop or what?
So I have to be a cop to not appreciate dimwits making fun of cops?
I'm wondering how many people here remember or know who JP Patches was. Awesome! :-)
"Spike, are you a cop or what"
Nope, just tired of folks using trite, stale, and ridiculous jokes, and thinking that they are clever and witty. Just think---any story about cops, and eventually the donut analogy comes out; it is not original, nor clever. Just stupid.
It appears Starbucks crashed into him, not the other way around.
I have to agree, those damn starbucks just jumps out at you on every street corners.
In Soviet Russia, Starbucks crashes into you...
In Soviet Russia there are no Starbucks that is American imperialism, and you can't steal cars they are owned buy all, oh sorry old Russia I forgot! Starbucks crashes into you!
Karma.
Irony.
La tee, see i can do it too!
looks like stumpy wont be stealing anymore cars for a while.
He still has 2 hands and teeth! don't count on it.
Richard - It was a joke about a scumbag car thief. Not about quadrapalegic (which is someone with four extremities missing, not two). I actually thought the comment was funny.
moving on to a new market; wheelchairs.
For Uncle Harry one with Teeth drive!!!
Watch him sue the police for his injuries.
Yeah, and I hope a judge sees right through that attempt and slaps him with another 25 years. I think actually the police should have just let him bleed to death while waiting for an ambulance. I don't care what nationality he is by the way, in my opinion he is pond scum.
even if he sues he wont win. he doesnt have a leg to stand on.
Now he can pee like a Panda!
"even if he sues he wont win. he doesnt have a leg to stand on."
I hereby pronounce R Battle the winner.
No Yashmak, that joke has been told before about other people who have lost there legs, picking on the handicapped is not a joke! We can't discriminate about all of us other handicapped people on this post.
bubba, you said " now he can pee like a panda".but now its no joke.wtf?
Bubba,
Lighten up!
Laura, that was a joke ;-} please read. The mental state of some of our comments here make us all handicapped, me included!
Good. The guy learned two valuable lessons: 1) Don't steal police assets. 2) Don't destroy one of my favorite coffee holes.
And you missed; Do go all to pieces when things get tough.....
Er.... That should be Don't go all to pieces..... :)
Ouch! "Excuse me sir, did you want that coffee to go?, Oh, I guess you'll be having that here."
The only crime was stealing the car. Too bad his jihad on Starbucks failed...
many cars now a days have keyless systems why dont they have one?
There the police they would have to learn how to push another button and there tasser might just go off instead.
Bubba,
Please look up they're, their and there. I don't want to be the spelling cop but there were two errors in one sentence.
There were two errors in one bedroom, your father and your mother spelling cop! There is Spelled properly! Then next time don't, Don't is short for do not!!!!! You take thins way to serious!
Usually, the spelling police get berated on this site, Laura. At least I am not the only won :) who notices!
Thins is things just so your spelling cop does not get it's panties in a bunch!!! I love perfect people who never make a mistake!!! you whole life must be a well what can I say correcting all of the rest of us for are faults! you must feel so superior all the time. Thank you teacher or should I say GOD!
Whats funny is he still doesn't understand why the first use was incorrect.
Bubba you did spell "there" correctly, the problem is the first usage in your sentence should have been "they're" and the second one should have been "their" Bravo on knowing that "there" was one of the correct spellings of the word though.
Excuse me, has anyone seen my legs.
Why yes they are in Starbucks, getting a cup of coffee split on them. Would you like an 85 million dollar law suit to go with that.
is that what I saw leaving the scene of the accident?
Come on guys, these jokes don't have a leg to stand on.
Now that's funny excuse me if I don't get up and applaud but I had a accident today and I'm having trouble with my legs for some reason!
Better order de-caf next time.
This has got to be the worst case of "Reverse Joyride" I have ever seen and I've been driving a wrecker for many many years.
What a price to have to pay for this guys stupidity, I think the charges hes facing are going to be nothing to how his life has now changed forever and for what a stolen police car, what a loser.
I know personally what it feels like to be told you will never walk again after a bad accident and it sucks like you can't believe but I myself was way luckier than this guy and I didn't steal a thing.
The silver lining in all this is that no one else was injured by his actions.
muddiemike, sorry you have trouble there, hope you can live life with joy and not with any sorrow. This s^(& gets what he deserves, a hard lesson. It's a small price he could be dead!
I couldn't agree with you more! Guy got what he deserved big time and it was no ones fault but his own.
I did get lucky myself, I was crushed by a bobcat loader bucket and I can now walk! So yeah, I'm a very happy camper you could say.
Glade to here that you are living well and enjoying life, keep laughing!
anyone remember the article about the guy from VT who took is monster truck sized tractor and squashed a bunch of police cars.....
just another desperate dude making desperate choices.
Please specify that the guy was from Vermont and not Virginia Tech. Tech's school monogram is written as VT. Go Hokies!
yay- at least that guy walked a mile or so up the road. That was awesome!
The good news....No one else but this loser got hurt!
The bad news....Your tax dollars will pay for his medical bills!
Judging by the condition of the car, I'm surprised the suspect didn't die at the scene.
He didn't drink the coffee!
Bubba, that is funny.
Richard Mordhorst banned for death wishing, personal attacks and racist remarks.
Find another site.
hes not gonna walk on this one.
Richard you should read post #21.2, If you want to get to heaven you should stop hating your shoes are on fire. At least you have legs I think as for a brain I'm not so sure.
are you quoting scripture there rich? what book and verse? was that typed in red letters?
Richard has no sense of humor, or even wrose, a Troll.
Wow what's got Richard's legs in a knot?
the cops are really grateful he didnt crash into Dunkin Donuts
not many DUNKIN DONUTS out in the west coast ,lots of awesome private mom &pop doughnut shops that actually make real donuts with real fillings inside unlike the "factory filled" crap you get from dunkin donuts !
Sure, laugh it up Mark, but when the bombs finally fall and the US is nukes, we will still be able to EAT dunkin donuts. All that fresh stuff you are talking about will be spoiled..... ;)
What a horrible, horrible tragedy for that poor, poor car. :(
That was a good one!!
poor CVPI CROWN VICTORIA POLICE INTERCEPTER ,now FORD makes all new FWD crap copcars
why'd they even bother trying to save his life. He s going to be a huge tax payer burden while in prison and after he gets out
Richard, I can explain mine better than you can explain yours! Only I will be talking to God not his son!!!
I'm with Steve on this. Clearly this person does not cherish life, therefore he does not deserve it. Why should the rest of us have to bear his burden when natural selection clearly wants to toss him and his tainted genes in the trash.
Cue the lawsuit against the police department in 3...2...1...
Damn...I heard Starbucks coffee cost an arm & a leg, but I didn't know it was literal.
The only perv on this site is one who calls name and uses insult and hide behind god and still thinks he going to heaven, you've fallen down! At least a thief has a chance god took his legs and taught him a lesson, now live and learn yours. This is the new form of stoning do not judge how God wish to punish people for stupidity. Just except it for you are it.
Richard - I think any pain and punishment a thief, criminal, thug or gangster gets is funny. I could care less about his "pain" or him surviving. I don't steal, rob or otherwise harm my fellow man, netiher should he. He gets hurt or killed matters not to me. Just another piece of scum off the planet. Save your preaching for the pulpit. Go read your bible and keep on believing in whatever God you pray to. The rest of us will keep on target practicing.
Richard-what position do you hold at the ACLU anyway?
Boy is he gonna have a tough time in prison. Not only will he make a good second base they can pas him around like a pillow at night.
A couple of sweepers and a good wax job on the floor and they can use him for Curling tournaments.
LMAO YOU WIN He He He laugh so hard eyes tearing LOl LOL
Good thing for Starbucks...Now the guy will try to run on Dunkin donuts...lol
@paragus
Has your homosexual 91B self been at the rockies with that navy princess greasing up poles to figure out who's the rider? Might explain how you lost the grippers!
I REALLY HOPE he survives his injuries, he'll have to live the rest of his stupid life with the after effects - good job DUMBass!!!
Yeah so you and I can pay for his medicare for the rest of his life? Common.