Police pursue runaway teenagers suspected of drug transport, Kokomo IN


Police are chasing a group of teenagers who ran away and are suspected of carrying illegal drugs. They were spotted running through neighborhoods and towards a gas station.
Audio|Source: Kokomo Police and Fire, Howard County Sheriff / Fire Dispatch
03:53
Transcript:
104, he's passed. We have the Navy on here. What point? Crickets in Cortland, I think I found one. Oh, 4. What were they wearing? No. That wasn't black shorts. And then... Maybe shorts on the other one. Yeah. Yeah, that's who I saw here at Ricketts and Cortland. She may have dipped east here. Before, homeowners said that they went behind his house. 91-1-02, do you think they made it over to Webster? 10-4[1]. 91 where? Yeah, I'm coming to you. Rickus and Cortland, about the third house north and the north-south alley. I just had two run across Leicester east down. Got one coming up to Washington running toward the gas station Okay, I've got two runaway checks. First one's going to be on Brooklyn, George. Second is going to be on (name withheld). No, it looks like a, uh, possibly a, I don't know, 510, 511 male. Like maybe a windbreaker jacket and a backpack on it. Clear. Should have all the weed in it. Negative on all rental lease. How old are the people that you have? 1617. Clear. What are the descriptions you have? We've got three here. One's in a white shirt, black pants, another one's in a black sweatshirt, jeans, and other girls in a black shirt with black shorts. I'll be able to see it here in a second. For another runaway check on it, (name withheld). Go ahead. County applies why they took off or anything. They were transporting dope.
104, he's passed. We have the Navy on here. What point? Crickets in Cortland, I think I found one. Oh, 4. What were they wearing? No. That wasn't black shorts. And then... Maybe shorts on the other one. Yeah. Yeah, that's who I saw here at Ricketts and Cortland. She may have dipped east here. Before, homeowners said that they went behind his house. 91-1-02, do you think they made it over to Webster? 10-4[1]. 91 where? Yeah, I'm coming to you. Rickus and Cortland, about the third house north and the north-south alley. I just had two run across Leicester east down. Got one coming up to Washington running toward the gas station Okay, I've got two runaway checks. First one's going to be on Brooklyn, George. Second is going to be on (name withheld). No, it looks like a, uh, possibly a, I don't know, 510, 511 male. Like maybe a windbreaker jacket and a backpack on it. Clear. Should have all the weed in it. Negative on all rental lease. How old are the people that you have? 1617. Clear. What are the descriptions you have? We've got three here. One's in a white shirt, black pants, another one's in a black sweatshirt, jeans, and other girls in a black shirt with black shorts. I'll be able to see it here in a second. For another runaway check on it, (name withheld). Go ahead. County applies why they took off or anything. They were transporting dope.
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