A man claiming to be the fugitive that led police on a chase that injured a school tutor last week called police today and told them he was ready to give up.

When Lakewood police showed up at the address he provided, he wasn't there.

"He was never picked up," said a dispatcher with the Lakewood police. "We don't have any other information."

The man made the call about 9 a.m.

A Denver police detective chased a robbery suspect, identified by police as 26-year-old Manuel Santistevan, and ran into a car driven by the school tutor, flipping her sedan and seriously injuring her.

The officer was not injured.

Santistevan is believed to be part of a group known as the "hooded safe bandits," which has been responsible for more than 20 armed robberies in the Denver area, police have said.