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Parolee eludes Fremont police by driving wrong way on I-880

Police on Wednesday were looking for a parolee who they say led them on a car chase a day earlier through parts of Fremont and Newark before driving the wrong way on Interstate 880 to evade officers.

Authorities were looking for Hayward resident Santiago Ornelas, 33, a parolee thought to be armed with a gun and carrying drugs Tuesday in Fremont's Cabrillo neighborhood, police spokesman Detective Bill Veteran said.

The Fremont Police Department's Street Crimes Unit received information Tuesday afternoon that Ornelas was violating his parole by carrying the contraband and that he was driving a maroon 1992 Mitsubishi Eclipse, Veteran said….

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