{"id":512945,"date":"2026-01-13T10:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T10:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/512945\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T10:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T10:54:14","slug":"members-of-public-run-for-safety-when-stolen-car-speeds-across-sports-field-police-allege","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/512945\/","title":{"rendered":"Members of public run for safety when stolen car speeds across sports field, police allege"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Police<\/p>\n

A man has faced court on several charges after his alleged involvement in a car chase. Photo: Michelle Kroll.<\/p>\n

People were forced to run for safety when a dangerous driver sped across footpaths and a southern Canberra sports field, police allege.<\/p>\n

ACT Policing was told a white Toyota LandCruiser was stolen from Deakin Oval on Sunday afternoon (11 January), a police spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

They said the LandCruiser was soon found outside a home in Conder and officers saw a man get inside it before driving off.<\/p>\n

Officers did manage to deploy tyre-deflation devices, which let down two of the car\u2019s tyres.<\/p>\n

The LandCruiser was then allegedly seen being driven at 150 km\/h in a 60 km\/h zone, narrowly avoiding hitting several vehicles and pedestrians.<\/p>\n

The police spokesperson said officers tried to stop the car, but its driver allegedly continued driving along footpaths and a sports field, forcing members of the public to run for safety.<\/p>\n

The officers chased the car through Gordon before losing sight of it. It allegedly crashed into a parked car in Isabella Plains before coming to a stop in Calwell.<\/p>\n

Its driver allegedly fled the scene and ran into the backyard of a nearby home, where police dogs found him hiding under a wooden deck.<\/p>\n

When police searched his bag, they allegedly found what was suspected to be methylamphetamine and stolen bank cards.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old faced the ACT Magistrates Court on Monday (12 January) charged with failing to stop a motor vehicle for police, dangerous driving, driving a motor vehicle without consent, unlawful possession of stolen property and driving while disqualified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has faced court on several charges after his alleged involvement in a car chase. Photo: Michelle…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":512946,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-512945","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115887424482050172","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}