BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- A man called his friends to meet up with them after he allegedly stole a vehicle, not knowing the police were on the other line.

On Thursday around 2:46 p.m., Bakersfield police received a report of an auto theft which had occurred in the 2600 block of Oswell Street. The victim's vehicle was reported to be a gray 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe.

At 3 p.m., Bakersfield Police Auto Theft Detective Brian Kennemer spotted the stolen Tahoe traveling north on 99 near Roberts Lane.

The Tahoe was being followed by two men in a white Hyundai Santa Fe who were suspected to also be involved in the auto theft as follow vehicles are commonly utilized in auto theft, police said.

Kennemer said he followed the two vehicles in an unmarked unit until assisting units arrived.

Once marked units arrived the occupants of the Hyundai Santa Fe pulled over and were detained by members of the Tulare County Reduced Auto Theft team, police said.

The driver of the stolen Tahoe, Guadalupe Torres, 19, failed to yield and led CHP on a pursuit to the Delano area where he was involved in a non-injury single-vehicle collision, police said.

Torres exited the Tahoe and evaded officers.

Police said he was taken into custody a short time later at the Kentucky Fried Chicken on Cecil Avenue in Delano where he was seated inside waiting for the men in the Hyundai Santa Fe to pick him up.

Police said Torres telephoned the two but unbeknownst to him, the call was received by law enforcement officials who already had the men in custody. That information was relayed to the officers in Delano who were searching for Torres and he was arrested. Torres, who is from Delano, was arrested on charges of conspiracy, auto theft, evading, hit-and-run and possession of stolen property.

The two men in the Hyundai Santa Fe were identified as Lorenzo Juarez, 26, and Norberto Ramirez-Florez, 24, both from the Delano/Earlimart area. They were arrested on charges of conspiracy, auto theft and possession of burglary tools.