SAN ANTONIO – A local man is in police custody after he allegedly stole a pickup truck and then led officers on a vehicle chase late Sunday night, San Antonio police said.
The incident began just after 10:30 p.m. near Fredericksburg Road and West Cypress Street, just north of downtown.
According to police, the man stole the pickup truck from a paint company and drove off, crashing through a fence and making several pedestrians jump out of the way.
The man then drove onto a sidewalk and pulled into a parking lot just before crashing into the side of a portable building, police said.
Police have not identified the name or age of the man taken into custody. No one was hurt.