It all started when a woman called police around 10:30 this morning. She heard a knock at her door and saw three black males in an unfamiliar SUV parked in her driveway. She opened her upstairs window and loudly told the burglars she wasn't going to answer her door. The burglars took off... but not before she got the tag number. Of course, the SUV they were driving was stolen!A short time later, an officer spotted the vehicle in a nearby neighborhood. He attempted to stop the vehicle but the suspects took off. Officers chased the car down Old Statesville Road towards Huntersville. Huntersville Officers deployed stop sticks- which flattened the SUV's tires. The suspects finally stopped in a residential neighborhood.
The suspects jumped from the stolen SUV and carjacked two Huntersville Public Works employees at gunpoint. The suspects sped away in a city truck towing a trailer carrying a lawn mower. Officers chased the suspects from I-77 to Harris Boulevard and then South on Statesville Road.During the chase, the suspects drove carelessly at a high rate of speed. They ran several cars off the road and travelled on the wrong side of the road to pass other vehicles. Finally, the suspects jackknifed the truck and jumped and ran from the vehicle. (Watch Raw Video of the Chase)
Police chased the suspects on foot and caught all three. Marquis Gaines, 17, (Top Photo) Timothy Hines, 18 (Middle Photo) & Steven Staples, 18 (Bottom Photo) are facing a long list of charges... It didn't stop them from laughing on camera as they were hauled off to jail.I know this may surprise you... all three men are career criminals. Police say they are investigating the suspects to see if they were involved in other robberies and break-in's in the area.