On 2/28/10 at 04:24 Hours units were dispatched to 9946 NW 9th Court in reference to three subjects stealing the tires off of a vehicle and placing them in a van. As officers were arriving in the area they stopped the van in the 9900 block of Cleary Boulevard.  A passenger in the vehicle immediately jumped out and fled on foot while the two other occupants were detained without incident. Officer A. Vandenhouten and his canine partner tracked the third suspect to a fenced backyard where he was taken into custody.
The three suspects were positively identified by the witness and the stolen tires were recovered inside the van.