Cadillac Races to a Residence Stealing Electricity, Crashes into Power Pole

SAN ANGELO, TX -- Just after 11:30 a.m. Friday  San Angelo Police were dispatched to the 100 block of E. 11th Street to assist AEP with residents that were misappropriating electricity from a nearby power line.

According to SAPD Public Information Officer Tracy Gonzalez, a short time after, San Angelo Police were dispatched to the area of 10th and Volney for the report of a hit and run crash involving a gold Cadillac that collided with a mailbox and utility pole.  After colliding with the pole, which was sheared in half, the Cadillac’s driver fled the scene at a high rate of speed towards 11th and Magdalen.

While responding to these separate calls, Officers received updated information that the suspect vehicle pulled into the driveway of a residence in the 100 block of E. 11th Street where subjects then concealed the vehicle underneath tarps.

Officers responded to the residence, which, coincidentally, was the residence stealing electricity and subsequently located a gold-colored 2006 Cadillac Deville in the driveway, covered with tarps.

Further investigation revealed the Cadillac had damage consistent with the hit and run crash.  The vehicle was seized and towed away.

Fire Marshals were called to the scene to assist with the investigation and assess the danger posed to neighboring residents and utility employees as a result of the tapped power line.

Investigators attempted to make contact with the residents; however, no one came to the door.

Charges are pending the outcome of this ongoing investigation.