Prosecutors say that the high-speed chase that ended with a violent and deadly crash in La Palma on Dec. 18 started when the suspect allegedly stole boxes of Legos from a grocery store.
In a press release from the Orange County District Attorney’s Office issued on Monday, details on the wild chase that ran from Fullerton to La Palma were released.
Anthony Michael Hanzal, a 43-year-old Anaheim man who is a second-striker, took multiple boxes of Legos from an Albertsons store in Fullerton and placed them in a bag. Instead of paying, he walked out of the store, which prompted the undercover Fullerton Police Department officer who witnessed the theft to follow him…