Stolen donut van chased by cops, LOTS of cops
Whatever you do,kids, do not steal a donut truck and try to drive that bad boy through Tama County, Iowa. They will make it positively rain police on you. Frank Alvarado found this out the hard way when he stole a donut van from a Donut Delite driver on his rounds, and ended up on a five-and-a-half-hour run from the law.Alvarado stole the van from Rock Island Hospital in Illinois, and then took off into Iowa, getting to Tama County before he was spotted. Before he could say "Sprinkles!", the donut thief was being pursued by five Tama County sheriff's deputies, plus four more officers from three other police agencies. And get this: one of those other officers came in his personal vehicle. As we said, you don' t mess with the donuts in Tama County. Their reward for catching this criminal: all the donuts in the van.
Actually, we really want to get Mr. Alvarado's side of the story in this, because who steals a donut (!) truck and then hauls tail hundreds of miles west? Sounds like a Cannonball Run... or something... But we feel like Franky "The Donuts" Alvarado is the key to a story even better than this one. Thanks for the tip, Alberto!
[Source: WCF Courier]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
IowaSuby 4:29PM (3/26/2008)
I live just north of Tama, so this story has been in our paper lately. The sheriff is pretty upset about the jokes over a serious crime. Which was the wrong way to handle this, he should have laughed it off, but he's become angry over the coverage.
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DelayedZ 4:31PM (3/26/2008)
I have like so many jokes forming in my head, but this is just too much to even get something good...lol
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ken_aisin 4:37PM (3/26/2008)
Don't mess with donuts!!
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Yggdrasilly 4:39PM (3/26/2008)
Soon to be a major motion picture:
"Glazed and Confused"
(formerly "Sink the Bismarck!")
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refugee7 6:49PM (3/26/2008)
Love the title!
ALEXDB9 4:40PM (3/26/2008)
Haha. Wow...
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John P. 4:41PM (3/26/2008)
Oh great, I can picture it now. 400 cops all coming down from a sugar high in dire need of a donut and Mr Alvarado's got the goods!
Can you say on him like stink on $#i*!
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Guenther 5:21PM (3/26/2008)
Picture the chase sequence from Blues Brothers, replacing the old Mt Prospect Police cruiser with a little pink bread truck. ROFL!
L.Wood 4:50PM (3/26/2008)
I wonder how many illegal immigrant criminal types have drawn this much attention from law enforcement. It is a really funny story, but it does make a person wonder about government priorities.
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Iridium 5:20PM (3/26/2008)
Dispatch: "Domestic situation on Park"
Cops: "bah I'll get it later"
Dispatch: "10 illegals spotted outside of U-Haul lot"
Cops: "bah INS problem"
Dispatch: "break in reported at a downtown business"
Cops: "I'll stop by on my way home"
Dispatch: "Donut truck stolen heading west"
Cops: "Holy frick call SWAT, all cars, national guard. Move it move it"
Truly sad. I doubt I would have 10 cops chasing me if I stole a car. That is why there is so much bad publicity, that much manpower for one stolen car is way off base. I mean the police arund here did nothing when the news interviewed illegals taking refuge in a church because they heard INS was coming. Even when they knew exactly where to go they did nothing and the illegals went back home.
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BrianM 5:20PM (3/26/2008)
Just have visions of the final blues brother chase
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8569789954620040658&q=blues%20brothers%20car%20chase&total=17&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
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imoore 5:25PM (3/26/2008)
I sure there was a more serios side to this story, but the donut angle was just too good to pass up. This story really made my day. I needed a good laugh.
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Guenther 5:39PM (3/26/2008)
A few perspectives to the facts- once the van was spotted (..wha? there's no donut trucks out here this time of day!?!?) they'd have ample time to dispatch several available (lots, just after shift change) to intercept. I cant imagine all that much going on, early Thursday morning (light traffic, many people were on vacay already). No offense to any of its fine residents, but there isn't much in Tama County. Donating the contents of the truck is a natural- with the holiday weekend, it would have been 4 or 5 days until that van was back doing deliveries, so the donuts had to be gotten gone anyway. I would really love to know more about the culprit and his intent.
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rgseidl 5:51PM (3/26/2008)
Donuttin' da do-nuttin' donut-cravin' deputy dawgs: the act of turning a donut delivery truck on the spot with tires squealing and smoking, while being pursued by peace officers craving said confectionary more than life itself.
Plus, what's a donut truck doing at a hospital? Are they drumming up business?
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DKB_SATX 6:22PM (3/26/2008)
Looking at the map, I'm guessing that this is the most excitement in Tama, Iowa in a LONG time. The response would probably have been the same if he had stolen a Slim-Fast truck.
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IowaSuby 11:11AM (3/27/2008)
Getting a Casino on the Reservation was much more exciting for Tama.
rav3 8:02PM (3/26/2008)
At least it wasn't a van full of mustache combs - that could have gotten ugly!
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tekdemon 8:01PM (3/26/2008)
Too bad they had to ram the donut van to stop the chase.
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Randy 1:51PM (3/27/2008)
And the adult version soon to come "Glazed".
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the dingo ate your baby 2:24PM (3/27/2008)
donut or not sounds like to me the cops made a hole in one???????????????????????????????????????????????
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