Suspected shoplifter attempts to run over officer riding E-Bike in Indio
A suspected shoplifter crashed into an Indio police E-Bike while trying to flee a shopping center parking lot Wednesday afternoon.
The incident happened at around 1:00 p.m. at the Five Below in the area of Avenue 42nd and Jackson Street.
According to acting Lt. Lisa Courtney of the Indio Police Dept., an officer on an E-Bike saw a suspect run out of the store and into a vehicle. The suspect attempted to run over the officer as that officer tried to note the suspect's license plate number.
The officer jumped off the bike and was not hurt.
"The suspect ran over the E-Bike and took it with him for several hundred yards. Responding officers were able to apprehend both suspects, the one that ran over the E-Bike and tried to hit the officer at the car and subject that stole property from the store," Corton said.
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