Man Accused Of Stealing Police Car Appears Before Judge

DENVER (CBS4)- The man accused of running away from a hit-and-run and then stealing an unmarked police cruiser and then leading police on a chase appeared in court on Thursday.

Police arrested Ravi Anthony Guerrero on Tuesday night. Guerrero, 38, faces several charges including investigation of motor vehicle aggravated theft, second-degree assault and menacing with a deadly weapon.

It all started Aug. 28 when police responded to the scene of a hit-and-run near Dakota and Clay. When an officer got out of his vehicle to investigate, the suspect, now identified as Guerrero, jumped in and started driving.

Copter4 flew over a hit-and-run investigation where a man jumped into an unmarked police cruiser and took off (credit: CBS)

A witness captured an image of the man police were looking for as he was running from the first hit-and-run scene. That man was later identified by police as Guerrero.

A witness captured an image of the hit-and-run suspect (credit: James Garcia)

The suspect drove away in the police cruiser and crashed three times before he ran away from officers.

Police did not provide details about how they captured Guerrero.