Thursday, January 30, 2025

Man pleads not guilty after Porsche chase

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Redwood City. A 25-year-old Hayward man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to stealing a Porsche from a dealership in Redwood City. Redwood City. Events that led to a chase across the Bay Area this Saturday, authorities in the San Mateo County.

Jeremy Morton, the suspect in question, faces charges of robbery, illegal possession of a vehicle, reckless endangerment, and threatening one of the police officers with a weapon. The incident took place around 4:45 p.m. last Saturday at the Porsche dealership in Redwood City on the Haven Avenue.

Apparently, Morton was lurking inside the agency while suspiciously looking at the opening mechanism of the vehicle doors, it was right there when one of the representatives approached the aforementioned and asked him the reasons for his strange behavior.

After moving to the sales area of the agency, Morton took a seat in one of the luxury cars while pretending to carry a gun under his clothes; with no other option, the sales executive gave Morton the keys to the Porsche and left the agency without paying or even know the financing plans, the prosecutors said.

Unfortunately for Morton, his pleasure lasted only a few minutes when California Highway Patrol officers stopped him as he headed north on U.S. Highway 101, but not before testing the speed of the vehicle, as The chase reached 115 mph (185 km/h), sec