Police: Man caught after Gwinnett car theft, chase; officer injured

A chase that began with a stolen car eventually went through several areas of Gwinnett County and involved four law enforcement agencies before the suspect was arrested, police said.

When it was over, 23-year-old Brian Ngo of Lawrenceville was in custody and charged with theft by receiving, felony obstruction, hit-and-run, aggravated assault and several traffic offenses, spokesman Wilbert Rundles said.

The car, a Toyota Corolla, was stolen shortly after 4 a.m. in Lilburn after the owner left it running momentarily after he arrived at work, police said. The victim’s phone was still in the car, and he was able to track the location.

Gwinnett, Lawrenceville and Georgia Gwinnett College police and the Georgia State Patrol got involved.

The chase ended when a trooper performed a bumping maneuver on the car in the area of West Pike Street in Lawrenceville, Rundles said. Ngo was apprehended.

Before that, authorities searched for or spotted the car at Riverside Parkway and Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road, outside the Collins Hill library, and near Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road and Duluth Highway.

Outside the library, a Gwinnett officer tried to detain Ngo, but he drove away after an altercation, causing minor injuries to the officer. He then hit another vehicle as it was leaving, police said.

At one point, Ngo tried to run over an officer that was out of his patrol car, police said.

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