WLVL reports...
Lockport Police arrested two people last night that have allegedly confessed to a number of car burglaries and residential break-in's in the City and in Gasport. They are 17 year old Dennis Schultz of 816 East High Street and 18 year old Benjamin Stump of 193 Washburn.
Detective Captain Rick Podgers says a special detail was set up and last night they found a Chevy Tracker stolen from Hyde Park in Lockport in a lot on South Street. They watched it and the two men returned to it around 9:30 and sped off. They pulled into Kibler Park and fled into the fields after police activated their overhead lights. The Sheriffs Department helped set up a perimeter around the park and called in theK-9 unit. They fled again but Schultz was captured by Podgers and two Sheriff's deputies in front of Emmet Belknap School. Stump surrendered in the fields behinda house on High Street.
Podgers said they're being interviewed by State Police and Sheriff's investigators. He said one of them confessed to stealing cars in the Gasport area and told him where he had put them. They are expected to be arriagned in City Court this morning after all the paperwork is finished.
Lockport Police arrested two people last night that have allegedly confessed to a number of car burglaries and residential break-in's in the City and in Gasport. They are 17 year old Dennis Schultz of 816 East High Street and 18 year old Benjamin Stump of 193 Washburn.
Detective Captain Rick Podgers says a special detail was set up and last night they found a Chevy Tracker stolen from Hyde Park in Lockport in a lot on South Street. They watched it and the two men returned to it around 9:30 and sped off. They pulled into Kibler Park and fled into the fields after police activated their overhead lights. The Sheriffs Department helped set up a perimeter around the park and called in theK-9 unit. They fled again but Schultz was captured by Podgers and two Sheriff's deputies in front of Emmet Belknap School. Stump surrendered in the fields behinda house on High Street.
Podgers said they're being interviewed by State Police and Sheriff's investigators. He said one of them confessed to stealing cars in the Gasport area and told him where he had put them. They are expected to be arriagned in City Court this morning after all the paperwork is finished.
