--- title: Car Thief Suspect Does Dance for Police During Chase description: If it was meant as a distraction, it didn't work canonical: https://time.com/4014521/car-thief-suspect-dance/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-28T11:35:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:23:57.970Z og:title: Car Thief Suspect Does Dance for Police During Chase og:description: If it was meant as a distraction, it didn't work og:url: https://time.com/4014521/car-thief-suspect-dance/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Car Thief Suspect Does Dance for Police During Chase twitter:description: If it was meant as a distraction, it didn't work twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Car Thief Suspect Does Dance for Police During Chase by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Aug 28, 2015 11:35 AM UTC by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Aug 28, 2015 11:35 AM UTC A woman suspected of stealing a car gave the cops pursuing her [a bit of a show](http://abc7.com/news/suspected-car-thief-dances-during-dtla-police-chase/958920/). After Los Angeles police engaged in a chase with the woman on Wednesday night, they threw down a spike strip, which punctured a tire. In an unusual turn of events, she then got out of the car, did a little dance, and got back into the car. Cops eventually surrounded the vehicle and pulled her out. The woman is believed to have been driving under the influence. Watch her performance in footage from the local ABC station. \[[KABC](http://abc7.com/news/suspected-car-thief-dances-during-dtla-police-chase/958920/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4014521/car-thief-suspect-dance/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4014521/car-thief-suspect-dance/"},"headline":"Car Thief Suspect Does Dance for Police During Chase","datePublished":"2015-08-28T11:35:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:57.970Z","description":"If it was meant as a distraction, it didn't work","url":"https://time.com/4014521/car-thief-suspect-dance/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","Bizarre"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4014521/car-thief-suspect-dance/","name":"Car Thief Suspect Does Dance for Police During Chase"}}]}] ```