Police Dog Tracked Down Teenage Car Burglar: Cops

A police dog reportedly tracked down a teenage car burglar but his young partner-in-crime escaped early Wednesday.

The police said they know the identity of the fugitive thief and expect to have him in custody before long.

The cops got a call about two hooded youths checking the door handles of cars parked on Douglas Street near Springfield Avenue about 2:30 a.m., police said. Officers sent to the scene found the pair, with one of them actually inside a vehicle, police said.

The two teens split up. Officers apprehended one in a Douglas Street back yard. He was taken to River Valley Juvenile Detention Center, as will the other 15-year-old upon his capture.