Johnny Anchondo is facing 18 felony counts for the wild chase in which he was allegedly seen on live TV stealing a landscaping truck while the family tried to fight him off.
. The driver then hopped out of the passenger's window, ran into a Whittier home, and fought off a family before stealing their truck to continue the chase.when the man came into their family's house and stole the truck. A young man in Whittier is grateful after the community stepped in to help after his newly-purchased work truck got stolen on live TV.
Benitez told FOX 11 that he saved up money and purchased the truck just three weeks earlier. He has a landscaping business with his brother and father and all their equipment was in the truck.campaign for the family has since raised over $100,000. The chase came to an end roughly an hour later, after Anchondo allegedly rammed through several cars, the truck eventually coming to a stop at a gas station, before officers shot at the driver. The driver was not injured.
"It is only by the grace of God that an innocent person wasn’t seriously injured or killed by someone who was hell-bent on doing whatever he could to try to escape, including stealing multiple vehicles and assaulting numerous law enforcement officers," said Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer.
Anchondo, who is already on parole for attempted carjacking and evading police, faces a maximum sentence of 54 years if convicted on all counts. He is currently being held in custody in Los Angeles County.that I have read and agree
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