By Pat Culverhouse

A brief chase that ended Tuesday evening when their moveable encountered an immoveable object has landed five Minden juveniles in legal hot water, facing drug and firearm charges.

Assistant Chief of Police Tokia Harrison said a call from a citizen sent local officers to an area near the Minden High School track field to investigate a group of juveniles allegedly engaged in suspicious activity inside a vehicle.

“We received a call from someone saying it looked like some young people were smoking marijuana inside a vehicle parked near the track field,” Harrison said. “We dispatched Sgt. Chris Cayer to investigate and when he stepped from his vehicle, the juveniles fled.”

After a brief chase, the suspects’ vehicle struck a utility pole at the intersection of Ash and Sullivan streets and was immobilized, Harrison said.

“Four of the juveniles fled on foot, but one was apprehended at the scene of the accident,” she said. “We later arrested the others at residences.”

Officers reportedly found marijuana and a handgun inside the vehicle.

Harrison said Webster Parish deputies assisted, and the arrests may help the WPSO in its investigation into another incident that occurred a day earlier.

“The suspects’ vehicle is believed to be one from which shots were fired in an incident that occurred Monday night out in the parish,” she said. “WPSO investigators are working on that.”