WATCH: Cruiser video of pursuit in child abduction

Police have released cruiser camera video of a speedy pursuit along several Dayton streets March 1 involving two suspects in the theft of an SUV with six children inside.

Here are some key details:

• The children were left in the SUV at the AM/PM market
• The vehicle was left running, with keys in ignition
• The children were found safe - in the van - minutes later
• They range in age from 18 months to 10 years old
• Police: The adult who left the kids is likely to be charged

UPDATE @ 6 p.m. (March 11): Dayton police today released cruiser camera footage of the March 1 pursuit that led to the capture of two persons of interest in a child abduction case.

UPDATE @12:11 p.m. (March 2):

A 911 caller told dispatchers someone took a woman’s car with six children inside from the area near the AM/PM Market on Salem Avenue.

“Someone just took off in this lady’s car and her kids were in the car,” the caller said, as the victim relayed information to her.

The caller said the victim was in tears as she tried to explain to her what happened.

Daquaan Norman, 24, and Shelesa Long, 25, were arrested following a pursuit that ended on North Gettysburg that is believed to possibly be connected to the abduction case on Salem Avenue, according to officials

Police said Norman and Long were going to be questioned about the abduction incident, but have not confirmed if Norman and Long are indeed the suspects in that case.

Norman and Long were both booked on receiving stolen property charges. Norman also could face a charge of failure to comply.

UPDATE @ 11:22 p.m. (March 1): The case of the stolen SUV with six children inside is being investigated as a grand theft auto-abduction, Dayton police Lt. Mark Ponichtera said.

About 20 minutes after the SUV and children were found, Dayton officers on patrol in the area of North Gettysburg Avenue, near West Hillcrest Avenue, saw a vehicle that matched the description of one connected to the theft of the SUV.

That vehicle, a Chevy Impala, turned out to be stolen out of Montgomery County, the lieutenant said.

Police engaged in three separate pursuits of that car, deploying spiked sticks on two occasions, before stopping the car on North Gettysburg and Grafix Boulevard. All four tires were deflated.

The pursuit lasted an estimated 18 to 20 minutes, reaching speeds of 75 to 80 mph. No one was injured.

The male and female arrested will be questioned as persons of interest in the SUV theft/abduction. At the minimum, the driver will be charged with receiving stolen property and failure to comply with the order and signal of a police officer.

“We are still not certain these two individuals are involved in that crime,” Ponichtera said of the SUV theft/abduction, but police have a lot of information that leads them to consider the male and female persons of interest in the original incident.

The SUV theft/abduction “is a shining example not to leave your car running, with the keys in it, not to leave the kids in the car unattended, and that’s what in fact did happen,” the lieutenant said.

The adult who left the children in the SUV more than likely will be charged with child endangerment, he said.

The children range in age from 18 months to 10 years old.

UPDATE @ 10:45 p.m.: A pursuit stemming from the incident involving the stolen SUV with six children inside has ended with the arrest of two suspects in the area of North Gettysburg Avenue and Grafix Boulevard.

The arrests occurred about 10:30 p.m. after a speedy pursuit involving several Dayton police cruisers that lasted roughly 10 minutes.

A male and female have been taken into custody from a Chevy Impala. Its front tires have been flattened by spiked sticks police used during the pursuit.

FIRST REPORT

Six children left inside an SUV stolen from the AM/PM market, in the 2300 block of Salem Avenue, have been found with the vehicle, Dayton police Lt. Mark Ponichtera said.

Police found the SUV — the children are not believed to have been harmed — parked behind an apartment complex on Fairview Avenue sometime between 9:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m., Ponichtera said.

He said the thief left the vehicle and police are looking for him.

Police had been searching an area of West Fairview Avenue and Catalpa Drive for the SUV, described as green. Before they found it, they were working off information that the SUV was last seen headed south on Salem.

We will update this developing report as we get information.

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