SITUATION BUT NO SUSPECT YET HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. NOW TO A CRASH THAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND INVOLVING A POLICE OFFICER. MIDDLETOWN POLICE SAY KIDS DRIVING A STOLEN CAR HIT ONE OF THEIR CRUISERS. THAT’S RIGHT, WLWT NEWS FIVE’S RACHEL WHELAN IS AT MIDDLETOWN POLICE HEADQUARTERS. WITH HOW THAT OFFICER IS DOING AND THE SEARCH FOR ONE OF THE TEENS RESPONSIBLE. HE IS DOING FINE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT WAS RELEASED A SHORT TIME LATER. MEANTIME, MIDDLETOWN POLICE HAVE A WARNING THAT THESE CAR THEFTS ARE BECOMING ALL TOO COMMON. DON’T REALLY KNOW WHY THE SUDDEN UPTICK IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, MIDDLETOWN POLICE CHIEF EARL NELSON SAYS KIDS STEALING CARS HAS BECOME A PROBLEM ALL AROUND THE CITY OF MIDDLETOWN. ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN, THERE’S A GROUP ON THAT TOWN. THERE’S A GROUP. AND THEN ON THE EAST END OF TOWN, WHICH IS OUT BY WALMART AND STUFF, IN 75. THERE’S ANOTHER GROUP THAT’S TARGETING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. HE SAYS ONE OF THOSE GROUPS CAUSED THIS, A STOLEN JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE T-BONED A MIDDLETOWN POLICE CRUISER BY THE TITUS AND ELDORA INTERSECTION. YOU CAN HEAR OFFICERS RADIO IT IN SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HERE WE GO. SOUTH ON ELDORA. AND HE JUST STRUCK. IT STRUCK NINE. I’M OKAY. THE CHIEF SAYS THIS ALL STARTED WHEN OFFICERS SPOTTED THE STOLEN JEEP. WHEN THEY TRIED TO MAKE AN ARREST, THE TEENS SPED OFF. OFFICERS NORMALLY DO. THEY TRY TO PARALLEL OR GET INTO A POSITION TO WHERE THEY CAN ASSIST IN THE PURSUIT. BUT AS ONE OF THE OFFICERS WAS TRYING TO GET INTO THEIR PURSUIT, THE VEHICLE STRUCK THE OFFICER’S CAR. OFFICERS ARRESTED ONE OF THE TEENS, BUT THE OTHER RAN AWAY. NOW, POLICE ARE WARNING NEIGHBORS TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT. MAKE SURE YOUR DOORS ARE LOCKED. THERE’S A PARTICULAR GROUP WHO LOOK FOR UNLOCKED DOORS. THERE’S ANOTHER GROUP THAT ARE BREAKING CAR WINDOWS, AND THEN THERE’S JUST SOME GROUPS THAT ARE DOING, LIKE I SAID, THE KEY OR THE TIKTOK TREND FOR THE KIAS AND HYUNDAIS. MIDDLETOWN POLICE WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THIS IS NOT CONNECTED TO THE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED AT USI ON FRIDAY. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT ANY OF THESE CAR THEFTS, YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL MIDDLETOWN POLICE. I’