Video: Garland police chase copper thieves in U-Haul

GARLAND, Texas - Garland police arrested three suspected copper thieves at the end of a chase involving a U-Haul truck.

It started around 6 p.m. on Wednesday after police received a call about suspects who appeared to be cutting copper cables from a utility pole near Belt Line and Wagon Wheel roads. The caller told police that the U-Haul truck was blocking a lane of traffic.

When officers got there, they saw one man still loading things into the truck and another man walking away, police said.

The officers tried to stop the U-Haul truck, but the female driver took off.

Video from FOX 4 viewer Collin Lydick shows officers throwing spike strips and approaching the U-Haul with their guns drawn at the end of the chase.

Police arrested 27-year-old Izely Guadalupe Guerrero Rodriguez of Rockwall after a brief chase.

The officers also found 41-year-old Jerome Wayne Perkins of Monroe, Louisiana inside a nearby convenience store.

They arrested 37-year-old Richard Wayne Schultz in Dallas on Thursday. His mugshot has not yet been released.

All three suspects are now facing charges of theft and evading arrest.

Rodriguez and Perkins are also facing drug charges, and Perkins is charged with unlawfully carrying a weapon.

Police said they recovered about $10,000 worth of copper cables from the U-Haul truck.