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Vehicle theft stopped at Costco near E 79th AveMerrillville IN

audio iconMotor Vehicle Theft
Near E 79th Ave, Merrillville, IN 46410

Police responded to a vehicle theft in progress at the Costco parking lot near E 79th Avenue. A white male suspect in his 40s with tattoos was driving a vehicle with an Indiana handicapped plate. Officers pursued and stopped the vehicle near the gas pumps in the parking lot.

Audio|Source: Hobart Area Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
A couple of tentative deduction at Costco, near E 79th Avenue.
00:05
I know a little prior to the female vehicle and she just ran in the place for her.
00:09
Number one. Copy. 10 for, I'll get this location in there as we go.
00:13
Okay.
00:14
435, I'm close.
00:15
I'm coming now. Copy. All right now.
00:22
Copy. Over 167 to 1615.
00:26
116. 16, 16, 16. 435, any more info, my MDT[2] went down.
00:29
A white male driver.
00:30
Yeah,
00:31
I am, please. 10, 4, please.
00:32
Copy on scene of a large commercial, nothing showing from 35, Adam is getting.
00:35
Later on Pullum, Chicago, Oregon.
00:37
I will advise the call taker to have the victim meet the officer at the front door.
00:43
If there's me a third party, they're advising they're not on scene anymore.
00:50
All right, I'm walking into Newcastle now.
00:57
Do we have a description from this female at all?
00:58
435 advised the female white, long, blonde curly hair.
01:06
We're looking around now.
01:08
10-4[1] people are out.
01:09
Thank you for copies.
01:10
We'll also be on safe.
01:11
Copy. Control
01:12
167 Crimean agency says I'm going to be assisting Maryville Costco or the Costco call.
01:18
Clear. One-77-0 up.
01:19
175.
01:20
175.
01:21
I mean out one two ten clear start checking a parking lot said the vehicle's trying to catch up to the female in the parking line 443 do we get a description in the during you white male 40s t-shirt tattoos
01:46
Copy, I think I have one extending but a gas pump over here.
01:50
Get inflated on second.
01:51
Probably. It's going to be an Indiana handicapped plate.
01:58
Charlie 408 George Adam.
02:01
Charlie 408, Jordan.
02:02
Sounds awesome.
02:03
All. All right, that sounds like.
02:04
Sean has a ranggo to the Gianna Barrera of Highland.
02:07
It's clear. There's one right here on the west side too.
02:09
It's passing you.
02:10
Can you get an IDM the driver?
02:12
Like him, black jeeter.
02:13
You've got twos on his left arm.
02:14
Yeah, he had tattoos.
02:16
This one over here.
02:17
Yeah, this is a subject.
02:18
Repeat that? We have the vehicle stops.
02:20
Trophy, which is your 20.
02:21
One east, confirm it.
02:22
We're over here at the gas mounts.
02:24
368, your rear lights wrong.
02:25
443, we're stopping the Ollie's picking up.
02:31
167 Central.
02:32
Maryville says they have the vehicle stopped.
02:33
Can you give me a location?
02:34
167. They might have been the alleys watch.
02:35
You know the bad detector?
02:37
Transforce. We're 10.4, all other units can slow down.
02:43
Central 1902 is clear on the radio traffic.
02:45
I'll be back in service.
02:46
Happy 1902.
02:47
Central Hubbard 129, I'm clear on the auto theft at Home Depot, I'll be in route.
02:50
Clear.
02:51
One, six, seven, central.
02:52
There's enough marable units here.
02:53
We're going to be clear. We're going to be clear. We're out.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgement/Message Received
[2]
MDT: Mobile Data Terminal

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