OCEANSIDE, Calif.—Three suspects allegedly interrupted in the act of stealing a vehicle’s catalytic converter in Oceanside Dec. 26 were apprehended a short time later near police headquarters.
The suspects were allegedly in the middle of a theft about 7 a.m. in the 200 block of El Camino Real, when they were caught in the act by a bystander who managed to smash the windshield of the suspects’ vehicle as it fled the scene, according to Oceanside Police Department Public Information Officer Jennifer Atenza.
Descriptions of the suspects were sent over police radios, and “within minutes, police observed two subjects walking west on Mission Avenue, and they were detained,” Atenza said, noting officers later detained a third suspect a short time later in the 3800 block of Mission Avenue based on surveillance footage….