Teen boy wanted by Sacramento deputies after escaping custody at hospital in handcuffs
Authorities have scaled back the search for a juvenile suspect Friday who escaped from custody at a Sacramento hospital following a car chase that ended with the teen being bitten by a police dog.
The suspect, a 15-year-old boy, was involved in a vehicle pursuit after deputies tried to stop his vehicle because the teen was wanted for a probation violation and a felony warrant, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office and police radio traffic.
The pursuit started around 9:45 p.m. Thursday near Power Inn Road and Elder Creek Road in south Sacramento and ended a short while later at 24th Street and Fruitridge Road, said Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. Amar Gandhi.
A sheriff’s K-9 was used to take the teen into custody, Gandhi said, and the boy suffered a bite wound and minor injuries when the pursuit ended.
After being taken to a hospital and, as he was being medically cleared for custody about 4 a.m., the teen ran from authorities while wearing handcuffs, Gandhi said.
Authorities searched for the boy in the area around UC Davis Medical Center but around 11 a.m. said they would scale back a broader search around the adjacent Elmhurst neighborhood; “a more directed search will still be ongoing,” Gandhi said.
The teen is described as 5-foot-7 and 125 pounds with short hair. He was last seen wearing a gray or red shirt, gray sweatpants and yellow hospital socks, according to police radio traffic.
