GETAWAY DRIVER: A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE JUST WAITING TO BE MADE 13-year-old robbery getaway driver jumped over a berm, went airborne, crashed into cop car

All they have to do is find an actor that can pass for 13. Justin Bieber comes to mind. Can’t you just see the car chase with a 13-year-ld desperado leaving a half-dozen cop cars smashed up in his wake?

Bob Walsh says the getaway driver’s “enthusiasm surpassed his skill.”

SAN JOSE FRIDAY NIGHT CRIME SPREE ENDS WITH CRASH
By Erin Allday

San Francisco Chronicle
March 12, 2012

A four-hour crime spree in San Jose on Friday night ended with the suspects' car crashing into a police vehicle, sending an officer to the hospital, police said.

A 13-year-old San Jose boy remained in police custody Sunday, and another suspect, 18-year-old Xavier Espana, was being held at Santa Clara County Jail. Both were arrested on suspicion of armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer, Sgt. Jason Dwyer said.

The pair started their Friday night attacks at 8 p.m. with a robbery on the 300 block of Grant Street on the west side of San Jose, Dwyer said. Over the next four hours, they robbed at least four other people across town, he said.

The 13-year-old, who was not identified because of his age, drove the car, and Espana would jump out to rob pedestrians at gunpoint, grabbing cash or electronic devices, Dwyer said.

Just before midnight, Espana robbed a victim at Hillsdale and Narvaez avenues who was able to call police and give them a license plate number and a description of the suspects' car, Dwyer said. A police officer spotted the car a few minutes later and attempted to pull over the suspects, but the 13-year-old driver sped away.

"He was driving like a maniac," Dwyer said. The suspect drove into a parking lot on Capitol Expressway and Vistapark Drive, "hit a hedge, jumped over a berm and went airborne," Dwyer said.

The driver rammed his car head-on into a police car on the other side of the parking lot, Dwyer said. The officer suffered a broken thumb and bruises and was taken to a nearby hospital.

The 13-year-old attempted to drive away and backed the car into a sound wall before police stopped him, Dwyer said. Espana ran from the scene and was arrested in an apartment early Saturday, Dwyer said. Neither suspect was injured in the crash.