Occurred: 5/16/2012   2:34 AM       Assault/ Stolen Vehicle/Evading Arrest       1205160012, 0016, and 0021

Four juveniles are in custody at the Nueces County Juvenile Detention Center after they were arrested by police following a short pursuit of a stolen SUV early Wednesday morning.  At about 2:30 AM Wednesday morning, Patrol Officers responded to Port and Tarlton Streets to investigate a reported assault.  Two men in their early twenties told officers that they were assaulted by four teenage boys in a black Nissan Rogue.  The victims told officers that they were standing in the parking lot of a convenience store in the 3000 block of S. Port Avenue when the four teens drove up in the Nissan, got out of the vehicle and began punching the two men.  The four then got back into the vehicle and fled the area prior to police arriving.  Officers checked the license plate given by the victims and discovered the Nissan had been reported stolen on May 5th.

Officers searching for the Nissan later spotted it in the 700 block of Duncan Street.  When officers attempted to pull it over, the driver led them on a short pursuit that ended in the 2900 block of Marguerite Street where the vehicle crashed into a parked Ford Escort.  All four occupants then fled on foot, but were quickly rounded up by responding officers.  The four teens face a variety of serious charges including Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle, Evading Arrest, and Assault.  The two victims of the assault were not seriously injured and did not require medical attention.