Woman leads police on chase in stolen tow truck (TX)

[TowNews]

 

HOUSTON — A woman led police on a 40-mile chase in a stolen tow truck Wednesday night with someone's car attached to it.

It started in Houston and ended in Conroe.

The owner of the tow truck stopped at a gas station on Highway 288 and Reed Road.

The woman jumped in and sped off.

Authorities arrested her in a Montgomery County neighborhood.

 

RESOURCE LINK With Video

 

Woman arrested after jumping into tow truck and stealing it from gas station in south Houston

 

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) --

A woman was arrested after she was caught on video stealing a tow truck with a vehicle on it from a gas station.

It happened around 7:30 p.m. at the Valero on Reed Road and SH-288 in south Houston.

Authorities say a wrecker driver with National Roadside stopped to get gas and went inside the store to use the restroom.

While he was gone, the woman, who was also inside the store, walked out, got in the truck and drove off.

Surveillance video shows the tow truck driver later walk out of the store and discover his truck was gone.

 

He called his boss, who notified police. The truck had GPS tracking on it.

Around 9 p.m., Houston police told Montgomery County officials that the stolen truck was in their area on FM 1314 near SH 99.

As units with DPS, Montgomery County Sheriff's Office and Precinct 4 constables tried to catch up with the truck, it turned into the Magnolia Bend subdivision off FM 1314 and stopped on Ponderosa Circle and Hickory.

The woman was taken into custody, and the stolen tow truck was recovered. The wrecker driver was about to drop off a customer's vehicle when the truck was taken.

The woman will be charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.

 

RESOURCE LINK With Video includes video of the moment the truck was stolen.

[GRUMPS The Towman]

That's nuts. Thankfully they got their rig back in one piece, just a bit less fuel in it. I carry a door key for my truck on my belt. If i'm more than 10 feet from my truck it's locked tight. Running or not.