{"id":98183,"date":"2025-07-28T01:52:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T01:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/98183\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T01:52:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T01:52:17","slug":"phoenix-pd-man-arrested-after-crashing-stealing-car-crashing-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/98183\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix PD: Man arrested after crashing, stealing car, crashing again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8D34BC67DC0AB25913FF45C5976693C4-0-1753665550101.png\" alt=\"Police: Suspect crashes car, steals another, crashes again\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-57dc2675=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\"><strong>PHOENIX<\/strong> &#8211; Police have identified Benjamin Frey, 38, as the suspect accused of fleeing a car crash, stealing a vehicle, and then crashing again on July 26 in Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">The incident began around 6 p.m. near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/33%C2%B039&#039;17.3%22N+112%C2%B006&#039;49.1%22W\/@33.6552883,-112.1160624,17.42z\/data=!4m13!1m8!3m7!1s0x872b522b9d507d5f:0xd399ceefbc0c3307!2sUnion+Hills+Rd,+Arizona!3b1!8m2!3d33.6527714!4d-112.5274894!16s%2Fg%2F1tj21_xv!3m3!8m2!3d33.654803!4d-112.113651?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDcyMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>I-17 and Union Hills Road<\/strong><\/a>, where Frey was involved in a crash, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">&#8220;As officers were responding to assist, an adult male matching the description of the man that ran from the original collision attempted to steal a car from a neighborhood near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/33%C2%B039&#039;16.6%22N+112%C2%B006&#039;58.4%22W\/@33.6546134,-112.1210909,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!1m8!3m7!1s0x872b71c7df39e61d:0x47fa7da1c5cf8c62!2sE+Union+Hills+Dr+%26+N+26th+St,+Phoenix,+AZ+85032!3b1!8m2!3d33.6550347!4d-112.0256181!16s%2Fg%2F11hb3qx1hk!3m3!8m2!3d33.654609!4d-112.11622?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDcyMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>26th Avenue and Union Hills Drive<\/strong><\/a>. The attempt was unsuccessful, but the man did assault the owner of this vehicle. After the suspect failed to get this first vehicle, he did steal a vehicle from a nearby home and left this area in the stolen vehicle,&#8221; Phoenix Police said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Police said Frey eventually crashed the stolen vehicle near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/33%C2%B040&#039;06.6%22N+112%C2%B011&#039;11.0%22W\/@33.6684989,-112.1874792,18z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d33.668497!4d-112.1864?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDcyMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Loop 101 and 59th Avenue<\/strong><\/a>, where he was detained by Glendale Police officers, then arrested by Phoenix Police officers.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">&#8220;Minor injuries were involved in the final collision and the attempted robbery of the first vehicle in Phoenix. None of these injuries required a transport to a hospital,&#8221; police said.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/benjamin-frey-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">He is accused of robbery, 2nd-degree burglary, theft of means of transportation, driving with a suspended or revoked license and failure to stay at a crash site.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Fry is being held on a $75,000 bond.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/us\/az\/maricopa-county\/phoenix\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX &#8211; Police have identified Benjamin Frey, 38, as the suspect accused of fleeing a car crash, stealing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":98184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,6082,1588,50,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-98183","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-crime-publicsafety","12":"tag-maricopa-county","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-phoenix","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114928362684461596","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98183","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=98183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}