Sarantis Parissos pleads guilty to stealing police patrol car in Adelaide

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Sarantis Parissos, who stole a police patrol car during a routine traffic stop in Adelaide over three years ago, has pleaded guilty in the District Court. The 41-year-old admitted to the theft of the vehicle on Copley Street in Broadview in December 2021.

Footage of the incident, which was released earlier this week, shows Parissos stealing the patrol car in front of officers.

The bodycam footage captures a female officer shouting instructions to a woman as she attempts to stop Parissos, who is seen running toward the patrol car and driving off with it.

“Get the f**k out of the car now,” the officer is heard yelling, while another officer can be heard instructing him to “get out of the car.”

Parissos, who was accompanied by a female passenger on his motorcycle, sped off in the stolen vehicle, prompting the female officer to urgently call for backup.

“35 urgent assistance, our vehicle has been taken… heading east towards Hampstead Road, lights and sirens on,” she said.

The stolen patrol car was later recovered, and both officers involved were unharmed. Parissos also pleaded guilty to a separate incident in 2022, where he ran down a female police officer with a stolen SUV at Fulham.

Parissos is scheduled to return to court in February for sentencing submissions on both charges.

Source: The Advertiser.

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