13-year-old driver arrested in robberies after police chase
A 13-year-old San Jose boy remains in juvenile hall today after a four-hour crime spree Friday night that ended with him crashing a car into a police vehicle and sending an officer to the hospital, San Jose police said.
The boy and another suspect, 18-year-old Xavier Espana, were both arrested on suspicion of armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer, said Sgt. Jason Dwyer. Espana was being held at Santa Clara County Jail.
The pair started their Friday night attacks at 8 p.m. with a robbery on the 300 block of Grant Street on the west side of San Jose, Dwyer said. Over the next four hours they robbed at least four other people across town, he said.
The 13-year-old, who was not identified because of his age, drove the car, and Espana would jump out to rob pedestrians at gunpoint, grabbing cash or electronic devices, Dwyer said.
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