The vehicle was not there when officers arrived. However, police later spotted the vehicle and attempted a traffic stop in the northern portion of the township.
The vehicle did not stop, and instead fled further into an apartment complex before reaching a dead end.
Five occupants then ran into a heavily wooded area, police said.
Police used a drone and requested assistance from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and Miamisburg Police Department K-9, but none of the occupants were found, according to the department.
Inside the vehicle, police said they found several items stolen in previous thefts.
A backyard camera captured images of the suspects climbing over the fence of a home in the area to hide. A video of the suspects is on the police department’s Facebook page. Those who have information regarding the suspects are asked to call police at 937-296-2558.
Miami Twp. Police Chief Charlie Stiegelmeyer on Friday told the Dayton Daily News that the vehicle driven by the suspects was stolen.
He said other questions posed by this news outlet, including the locations of the vehicle throughout the night and if the stolen vehicle was part of a ongoing trend of thefts, “cannot be answered at this time due to the ongoing investigation and some tactics we may be using to help in this.”
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