Teamwork between the Tampa and St. Petersburg police departments, and the Pinellas County Sheriff’s office, continued to yield results as a stolen car chase that started in New Tampa resulted in the arrest of seven in St. Petersburg Monday morning.
The TPD, SPPD and  PCSO have been working more closely together since forming a regional Auto Theft Task Force on Aug. 14, designed to attack the growing number of auto thefts with cooperation beyond each county’s borders.
According to TPD, at approximately 3:39 a.m., Nov. 2, Sgt. O. Rosa was at Tampa Palms Blvd. and Bruce B. Downs Blvd. when he discovered the car ahead of him at a traffic light had been reported stolen.
Rosa initiated a pursuit, which was then joined by other officers until they were able to pull back and let a Tampa police helicopter take over, tracking the stolen car all the way to 15th Avenue S. and 7th Street S. in St. Petersburg.
Several of the suspects in the car jumped out and ran into the house, which was quickly surrounded by Tampa and St. Petersburg police officers.
Seven people were detained and transported to the St. Pete Police Department for interviews.
There were no injuries or crashes reported in the pursuit.
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