UPDATE: 4 Youths Nabbed Following Chase And Crash In Ridgefield: PD

RIDGEFIELD, CT — Police have identified the four juveniles apprehended on Friday as Danbury residents.

Police caught up with the youths after they say they fled from officers and crashed into another vehicle.

At around 4:23 p.m., the Wilton Police Department was notified of a young woman who appeared to have been forced into a Subaru station wagon with no plates, by a young man in the area of Ridgefield Road and Drum Hill Road, according to Wilton Police Lt. Anna Tornello. The Subaru was spotted en route to Ridgefield.

At around 5:15 p.m., Ridgefield police responded to the area of Wilton Road West/Route 33 to assist the Wilton Police Department with the pursuit, according to Ridgefield Police Cap. Jeff Raines.

The girl was able to exit the vehicle in the area of Tanglewood Court in Ridgefield, at which time the Subaru continued northbound on Main Street. The motorist refused to pull over for both Wilton and Ridgefield police officers.

The Subaru then turned left onto Catoonah Street and collided with another vehicle. After the collision, several youths exited the vehicle and fled on foot. With the aid of K-9 officers from both Ridgefield's and Bridgeport's K-9 units, police were able to locate the four suspects — two boys and two girls, according to police.

The four suspects were taken to the Wilton Police Department, to be reunited with their respective parents. An officer from Weston PD provided language assistance.

It was later determined the girl who was initially believed to have been abducted had entered and remained in the vehicle voluntarily, Tornello said.

Ridgefield PD and Danbury PD followed up with investigations related to violations in their respective jurisdictions, and a Wilton PD school resource officer will follow up with an investigation of violations that occurred in Wilton, according to Tornello.