Teen arrested after foot chase
Police say 17-year-old tried to make woman work for him as a prostitute
From the AP
A teenager who escaped from Juvenile Hall — and who threatened to kill an Alameda woman unless she worked for him as a prostitute — led police on a foot chase through the Fruitvale BART station Thursday before he was arrested.
Among the charges faced by the 17-year-old, whose name was not disclosed because he is a minor, are making criminal or terrorist threats and robbery because police said he also stole $20 from the victim’s purse.
The 23-year-old woman contacted Alameda police Tuesday, saying she had met the Oakland teenager earlier this month on the popular Internet site, MySpace.com.
After they briefly dated, the teen said to her, "I’m a pimp and you’re going to work for me," according to Alameda police detective Sgt. Kevin McNiff.
"He also demanded that she give him $300 out of her next paycheck or that he would kill her," McNiff said.
When police learned the teenager was planning to travel to Alameda from Union City via BART to meet with the woman Thursday, officers planned to arrest him when he exited the Fruitvale station.
But when the teen saw Alameda police Sgt. Hosh Durani approaching him, he allegedly ran off.
Officers pursued the boy through the station’s parking garage and through the inside of the Aloha Club at 952 Fruitvale Ave. before they arrested him.
According to police, the teenager was being held on a robbery charge when he escaped from Juvenile Hall in San Leandro in March.
Other details about the teen and his background were not immediately available.