3 Teens Arrested With Guns, Drugs After Stolen Ephrata Car Chase

A pair of 14-year-old and one 16-year-old male teens are in the Chelan County Juvenile Detention Center following an early Saturday morning car theft and pursuit.

   The three suspects stole a car out of Mattawa

Around 6 AM, Grant County Deputies were notified about a Ford Fusion that had been taken from a residence in Mattawa.

Around 8:30 AM an Ephrata Police Officer pulled the vehicle over, but as he exited his patrol car, the suspects sped off. Heavy fog south of Ephrata off SR 282 forced a termination of this pursuit, but further down the road, Deputies laid out spike strips that flattened two of the vehicle's 4 tires.

Despite the spike strip, the suspects kept driving, and then Deputies found the car in a ditch off Dodson Road several miles south of town.

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The three teens were found hiding in an empty irrigation canal and were captured, and taken to the Chelan County Center.

In the vehicle Deputies and Police found drugs, a .22 caliber pistol, and a stolen .22 caliber rifle.