City News Service / May 5, 2013
LOS ANGELES -- An inability to steal an auto with a clutch and manual transmission sent a car thief to jail today in the Mid-City area of Los Angeles, a police sergeant said.
Officers saw the suspect driving erratically about 4:50 a.m. near 18th Street and Westmoreland Avenue, said Los Angeles police Sgt. J. Kevany of the Olympic station.
"Officers saw the guy driving a stick shift -- like he didn't know how to drive a stick shift," Kevany said. "He made eye contact with the officers and drove away."
The suspect eventually abandoned the vehicle, and ran from it. A perimeter was set up in the area of 18th Street and Westmoreland Avenue, where the suspect was arrested after three hours, the police sergeant said. No one was hurt.
Kevany said he had no description of the vehicle, other than its transmission.
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