Police arrest robbery suspects after chase with boy, 7, in vehicle

Two people suspected in the robbery of a fast-food restaurant tried to race away from police with a 7-year-old boy in the car, later crashing into another car, authorities said.

Both suspects were arrested. The child and the suspects did not suffer injury, officials said, but the driver of the the other car went by ambulance to a hospital as a precaution.

All of it happened about 2:10 p.m. Feb. 28, according to a statement from Lafayette police. The department contracts with the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office.

Police said officers responded to the 3500 block of Mount Diablo Boulevard for a report of an armed robbery at a fast-food restaurant and then identified the suspect vehicle as one involved in previous robberies earlier on Feb. 28 in Solano and Marin counties.

Officers located the vehicle going west on state Highway 24. Police said it sped up and that the officer pursued it on Camino Pablo, going toward El Sobrante. While on Camino Pablo, the suspect vehicle skidded and hit a vehicle in the other lane, police said.

Officers arrested a 24-year-old Oakland resident and a 39-year-old Sacramento resident on suspicion of robbery, felony evasion and child endangerment, police said. Both had multiple warrants out for their arrest, police said. The Sacramento resident remained in the Contra Costa County jail March 1 in lieu of $410,000 bail, while the other suspect was in custody without bail.

The 7-year-old in the back was the child of the driver, authorities said. They did not specify who had taken custody of the child after the arrests.