On May 20 at approximately 4:22 pm a Woodland police officer was on routine patrol in the area of Matmor Road and East Main Street, when he saw the driver of a 1995 Jeep Cherokee pass him southbound on Matmor Road. The officer followed the Jeep and attempted to make a traffic enforcement stop for a seat belt violation on the driver.

After the officer initiated his emergency lights, the driver of the Jeep Cherokee accelerated southbound on Matmor Road and failed to yield to the officer. The driver of the Jeep drove through the posted stop sign at Matmor Road and East Gum Avenue and continued to accelerate as he neared the intersection of Gibson Road...

A parolee released from county jail on Wednesday led Cathedral City police on a chase driving a stolen vehicle today, a police spokesman said.

At about 10:30 a.m., officers were alerted to a stolen vehicle in progress in the area of Commercial Road and Sunair Drive in Cathedral City, said police Sgt. Corwin de Veas.

Officers spotted the stolen vehicle, a Jeep Grand Cherokee, running a red light while turning southbound from Cathedral Canyon Drive onto East Palm Canyon Drive...

A police chase through Linda Vista ends in a neighborhood with two men in handcuffs Thursday night.

San Diego police say their gang unit recognized the driver as a gang member and parolee at large. His name is Ying Yang.

Officers tried pulling Yang over, but instead he led officers on a high speed pursuit through Linda Vista...

Pismo Beach police arrested a Fresno parolee after he led them on a high-speed chase on U.S. Highway 101 on Monday morning.

The pursuit began when police responding to a report of a stolen vehicle spotted Shane Calhoun, 23, driving the car northbound on Price Street. When officers attempted to pull Calhoun over, he sped onto northbound U.S. Highway 101, at times reaching speeds of more than 120 mph...

A parolee from Bakersfield led California Highway officers and Kern County Sheriff's deputies on a 94-mile high speed pursuit that went through Taft early Friday.

The chase ended without incident just south of Bakersfield when the suspect vehicle's  wheels disintegrated after the tires were flattened by a spike strip, the CHP said.

The suspect's identity was not immediately available...

Police officers caught a parolee who was carrying two knives and methamphetamine Saturday night, police said.

Clyde Highby, 29, who is believed to be from Lodi, was captured after he led officers on a foot chase at 10:30 p.m. at Central Avenue and Walnut Street, police said...

A parolee wanted for car theft and DUI was arrested early Monday by Fountain Valley police after a pursuit that ended in Santa Ana.

According to police, officers first spotted Ivan Jain Pineda, 29, of Garden Grove near the corner of Edinger Avenue and Harbor Boulevard near the eastern edge of Fountain Valley. Officers ran the plates of the car Pineda was driving, which came up as stolen...

A Goshen man with only months to go on his parole was arrested Friday after stealing a pump from a local dairy owner and leading authorities on a high speed chase across the county.

It all started just before 8 a.m. Walter Gene Grable, 35, crossed over the county line and made his way to a farm just outside of Lemoore. He spotted an expensive agricultural pump and decided to take it with him, authorities said, but not before drawing the attention of the farmer himself...

A man is behind bars, accused of leading Fresno County Sheriff's Deputies on a chase in a stolen SUV.

The man who was arrested has been identified as 36-year-old John Xavier Hansson, a parolee.

It all started Saturday morning when deputies were told to be on the lookout for a black 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer that had been stolen in the city of Fresno. Minutes later, deputies learned that police officers were chasing the SUV, but the pursuit was canceled...

The Stockton parolee who last year led cops on a wild chase with three children in his vehicle was sentenced Tuesday to more than five years in state prison.

Fernando Lugo, 33, pleaded no contest in January to the April 21 chase in Pacifica in which he raced down residential streets at 70 mph, blasting through stop signs and past elementary schools, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.

Three other adults, along with the children, were riding in the car, Wagstaffe said. It had been reported stolen in the East Bay earlier that month...

A 22-year-old man was arrested Monday afternoon after leading officers on a vehicle and foot pursuit, the Ukiah Police Department reported.

According to the UPD, an officer attempted to stop a vehicle in the 200 block of West Mill Street at 12:40 p.m. and the driver at first stopped, then reportedly drove away.

The officer pursued the vehicle onto South Dora Street where it traveled through several stop signs at speeds of more than 70 mph, and onto Washington Street and Cresta Drive. At Wabash Avenue, the car drove into an apartment complex and the driver got out of it while it was still moving. The vehicle rolled into a fence and stopped....

The man killed by police after robbing a tobacco store and carjacking a woman in Sun Valley was a parolee who had robbed another smoke shop in a similar heist in 2002.

Authorities on Thursday identified the robbery suspect as Garmik Kirakosian, 30, who allegedly shot an employee in the leg while robbing a tobacco store in the 8500 block of Glenoaks Boulevard on Wednesday...

A wanted parolee was arrested early Sunday morning after leading police on a chase from downtown Concord along Marsh Creek Road almost to Byron, police said.

Michael Madison, 38, was arrested after his car spun out of control, said Concord police Cpl. Jim Nielsen. He had a felony warrant out for his arrest because of a parole violation, Nielsen said...

A wanted parolee is in jail tonight after hitting two cars and trying to carjack another during a wild chase.

Police say it started around 3:45PM Friday afternoon when they noticed a black truck driving crazily in the area of Highway 180 and Highway 41.

The driver didn't stop and got away till the Fresno County Sheriff's Office's Eagle One helicopter spotted it again speeding west on Shaw toward the Winco near Golden State...

Douglas Jeremiah Stout, 25, of Dunsmuir, was sentenced on Tuesday in the Siskiyou County Superior Court to 8 years and 8 months in state prison. The sentence was issued by Superior Court Judge Laura Masunaga  after Stout was found guilty of felony charges of vehicle theft and flight from a traffic officer with a disregard for safety.   
   
“The defendant had four prison priors and three felony convictions for vehicle theft,” said Siskiyou County Deputy District Attorney Martha Aker. “That is why this was such a steep sentence.”      

The crimes occurred on Oct. 19 in Mount Shasta. According to Aker, during the night, Stout drove off in a vehicle that was parked at Mt. Shasta Tire Shop. The vehicle owner was an employee of the business, and he had left the keys in the truck...

A man was arrested at about 1:15 a.m. Wednesday after a short pursuit that ended when the suspect crashed the car he was driving near American Canyon Road and Elliott Drive, according to the American Canyon Police Department. 

Steven Young, 39, of Fairfield, allegedly tried to flee on foot before he was taken into custody, Police Chief Jean Donaldson said...

A 29-year-old man wanted for an alleged parole violation was arrested early Sunday after trying to flee police, authorities said.

A Watsonville police officer spotted Iran Cota Perez behind the wheel of a white Chevrolet Sebring at an East Lake Avenue market and followed him when he left the market, deputy April Skalland said. Perez had a female passenger...

A parolee led police in a brief car chase Saturday evening before crashing into a truck. There were no injuries.

Police officer Joseph Silva noticed a vehicle exit the parking lot of a convenience store at 500 Rimrock Road at about 7:30 p.m. Saturday night without its lights operating, according to a Barstow police report.

Silva attempted to stop the vehicle, but it fled the scene, crossing the center lane divider and nearly crashing with an oncoming vehicle, according to the report...

A 29-year-old man wanted for an alleged parole violation was arrested early Sunday after trying to flee from police, authorities said.

A Watsonville police officer spotted Iran Cota Perez behind the wheel of a white Chevrolet Sebring at an East Lake Avenue market and followed him when he left the market, Sheriff's deputy April Skalland said.

Perez had a female passenger, Skalland said...

A wanted parolee led police on a chase through Whittier on Wednesday before she ultimately pulled over and surrendered, authorities said.

Monique Ramos, 30, was booked on suspicion of evading police and violating parole, Whittier police Sgt. Gregg Hamilton said.

An officer tried to stop her car for running a red light about 9:35a.m. at Whittier Boulevard and Mar Vista Street, police said...

Fairfield police arrested an El Sobrante parolee Monday night after a short car chase through the city that ended with the suspect running from the car, which had been reported as stolen, and apprehended by a Fairfield K-9, authorities said.

An officer spotted Kevin Panlaqui, 34, in the Travis Boulevard area at about 8:30 p.m., said Fairfield Sgt. Matthew Thomas. The officer attempted to stop Panlaqui, who was driving a 1994 Acura Integra, after he noticed one of the car's lights were out, Thomas said.

Rather than pulling over, Panlaqui led officers on a pursuit that wound through the streets of Fairfield, during which an officer had to dive out of the way to avoid being hit, before he was finally boxed into the Chamberland Drive area by seven Fairfield officers, Thomas said...

One of three burglary suspects involved in a police chase and car crash that killed a Pleasanton man last week has also died, police said.

Rajwaun Watkins, 20, of Oakland and Hayward, died Friday at Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley of injuries from the crash, according to a Newark police press release.

The two other burglary suspects, Deshon Collier, 20, and Jabrie Watts, 20, are in jail on probation and parole violations, according to the release. Watts lived in Oakland and Hayward; Collier listed addresses in San Leandro, Union City and Hayward....

A Taft man arrested after a high speed car and foot chase has pleaded no contest to two felony counts.

Anthony James Lemler (also known as Anthony James Grajczyk) entered the pleas to felony evading arrest in a motor vehicle and auto theft charges in Taft branch of Kern County Superior Court on Tuesday.

Lemler, who was also wanted on a no-bail parole hold, was arrested  just after midnight on Jan. 3  after he led Kern County Sheriff's deputies on a high-speed chase east from South Taft on Petroleum Club Road where the stolen car he was driving overturned...

A parolee led officers from three police agencies on a high-speed chase this morning that ended in Sacramento when the suspected carjacker pulled over and surrendered on eastbound Interstate 80 at El Camino Avenue, according to Fairfield Police Officer Cleo Mayoral.

Jamaal Storms approached a parked car occupied by three young women about 7:45 a.m. in a commercial strip on North Texas Street in Fairfield, pounded on the driver's window and yelled at the women to get out of the car, Mayoral said...

Relax, Livermore. The week is over.

Along with an arrested local teacher, a mid-town shooting and a drag-racing collision on the east side, the Livermore Police Department also nabbed a wanted parolee deemed armed and dangerous on Elizabeth Court.

A reportedly stolen vehicle, spotted in a driveway on the 300 block of Elizabeth Court Jan. 9 at 1 p.m., led police to determine wanted suspect Eric Ontiveros, 24, was inside the residence, authorities said...

A Fairfield man, out of prison for just three days, was arrested Monday morning after allegedly forcing three young women out of a parked car in Fairfield and leading authorities on a multi-county chase that ended when he was taken into custody in Sacramento, authorities said.

Jamaal Storms, 27, was arrested by California Highway Patrol officers after the chase, which started with sheriff's deputies in Vacaville and ended more than half an hour later after covering an estimated 30 miles at speeds ranging from 55 to 80 mph, authorities said...

Two dangerous fugitives are in jail Wednesday morning following a high-speed chase that started in National City and ended in La Mesa, according to police.

According to National City Police, an officer doing routine checks for stolen vehicles, spotted a stolen SUV in the parking lot of the Grand Plaza Inn just after 10:00 Tuesday night.

Authorities gathered information about the occupants of the motel and realized at least one of them was wanted...

A parolee was arrested at the end of a high-speed vehicle pursuit and short foot chase early Tuesday.

It started just after 11:30 p.m. when Kern County Sheriff's deputies received a report of a truck stolen from the Fastrip on the 200 block of Harrison and ended about 30 minutes later when the suspect wrecked the stolen vehicle and was arrested a short distance away while trying to escape on foot.

Anthony Lemler, 25, of Taft has been booked into the Kern County jail on numerous charges....

The Fortuna Police Department arrested a parolee -- wanted for leading authorities on a high-speed chase and weapons-related charges -- Thursday afternoon after receiving a tip from the Rio Dell Police Department. A second person was arrested on a felony warrant.

Rio Dell police received a tip that Christopher Glen Mell, 30, was at a residence within the Basayo Village housing complex in Fortuna. Mell was on active parole for weapons-related charges and for failure to check in with his parole agent. Mell was also wanted by the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office for a high-speed chase that occurred in Loleta earlier this week, and on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm....

A wanted parolee at large was arrested after he led Citrus Heights police officers on a small chase in a stolen car.

The Citrus Heights police officer was on patrol in the area of Antelope Road and Lauppe Lane Tuesday morning, when the officer spotted a stolen 2000 Honda Civic being driven by the parolee. The car was reported stolen in Dixon on Christmas Day...

A Hesperia parolee in a vehicle stolen from Chino led sheriff's deputies on a chase through the High Desert on Tuesday.

Jose Robledo, 30, was arrested at the end of the chase and booked into jail on suspicion of felony evading, possession of stolen property, driving while under the influence and violating parole....

A parolee at large with a smiley face tattoo on his head was arrested Tuesday morning after leading deputies on a high-speed chase through numerous city streets in a stolen vehicle, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Hesperia station officials said.

Jose Robledo, 30, of Hesperia was arrested after authorities deployed a spike strip near Palmdale Road and Tumbleweed Street several miles from where the pursuit first started, Sue Rose, spokeswoman for the Hesperia station, said...

Officers with the Eureka Police Department and the California Highway Patrol are searching for a parolee who allegedly lead them on a high speed pursuit from Eureka to State Route 299 that eventually ended about 15 miles east of Blue Lake Tuesday evening.

Officers ultimately deployed a spike strip at the intersection of Chazem Road and State Route 299 that brought the chase to an end, according to Eureka Police Chief Murl Harpham...

The San Joaquin Sheriff's Department searches for a parolee-at-large who shot at deputies during a car and foot chase.

Jousha Hoyopattubbi, 32, was seen leaving a convenience store driving erratically early morning Saturday near Country Club and Interstate 5, Deputy Dave B. Konecny said.

Deputies followed Hoyopattubbi onto southbound Highway 99, where his vehicle hit the center median...

A parolee-at-large from Placer County was caught by law enforcement after a vehicle pursuit Wednesday into south Nevada County.

Wanted on a parole violation, 41-year-old Auburn-area resident Brian Costanzo was taken into custody after first fleeing in a vehicle north on Highway 49 near Cramer Road, crossing the county line and then fleeing on foot after being let out near Wolf Road.

Placer County Sheriff’s Sgt. Ty Conners said that Costanza jumped out of the pursued Firebird and was left behind by its driver. The Firebird’s driver later abandoned the car, which was located nearby...

A police pursuit of a stolen car in Sacramento ended with three vehicles smashed and a recent parolee under arrest on Fairfield Street.

A black SUV was stolen overnight from a home near the intersection of Watt Avenue and Elverta Road, according to the Sacramento Sheriff’s Department. The vehicle was equipped with an Onstar tracking device that was activated.

About 10:20 a.m., Sacramento police located the stolen car and began a short pursuit, Sgt. Marc Coopwood said...

A parolee who allegedly fled the scene of a hit-and-run crash that led to the closure of the southbound 5 Freeway in Burbank was captured early Tuesday morning when he fell out of a tree in which he was hiding nearby.

Police began investigating reports of a man who had crashed his car on San Fernando Boulevard at the 5 Freeway entrance ramp and fleeing the scene on foot about 11:30 p.m. Monday...

Police arrested a parolee-at-large following a pursuit that resulted in two vehicle collisions and a carjacking, police said today.

Patrol units attempted to stop the suspected parolee's vehicle in the vicinity of Grand Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard at about 12:15 p.m. today.

The suspect fled and a pursuit by police ensued, resulting in two separate vehicle collisions and the carjacking of a red SUV before the suspect was captured near Harold Street and Coolidge Avenue, police said...

A local man surrendered to authorities Wednesday after being pursued for several hours in Smith River.

Jamie F. Darlington, 34, of Smith River, was arrested on suspicion of a parole violation, but the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office originally sought him in connection with a separate incident.

A man in Smith River called authorities around 9 a.m. reporting that another man was pointing what he believed to be a rifle at him at 3 a.m. at his residence on South Indian Road, sheriff’s Commander Tim Athey said...

A parolee was killed and eight others injured after an 80-mph pursuit with California Highway Patrol officers through streets of the west side of San Bernardino that ended when his car collided with three others Friday night.

The name of the 42-year-old parolee of San Bernardino was withheld pending notification of next of kin, according to a CHP report...

A parolee who gunned it when he saw CHP lights in his rearview mirror last night is dead after leading cops on a high-speed chase through San Bernardino and slamming into three cars. Eight other people were hurt, including passengers in the parolee's car.

CHP officers were trying to get the parolee to pull over for a vehicle code violation last night just before 10pm, according to CBS Los Angeles. He stepped on the gas and led officers on a high-speed chase reaching 80 mph on surface streets in San Bernardino...

Police officers from multiple jurisdictions pursued a suspected parolee on Interstate 80 Tuesday afternoon, ending with an arrest in Emeryville, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The chase began at about 4:30 p.m. when a Contra Costa County Sheriff's officer tried to pull over the driver of a gold Ford Taurus just west of San Pablo Dam Road, said CHP Officer Peter Van Eckhardt. The driver tried to evade the officer and drove up to 85 mph, sometimes using the highway shoulder to try to get away. CHP officers picked up the chase around Albany and other police agencies joined the pursuit...

A 3-year-old boy is recovering after being struck by a hit-and-run driver trying to run from deputies after a fight, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Victor Valley station officials said.

The child’s condition was unknown as of Wednesday.

Parolee Anthony Dewayne Scott, 22, of Adelanto was arrested for hit-and-run on Monday night after leading sheriff’s deputies on a high-speed chase which ended several miles from where the incident took place...

A parolee is now behind bars, after he led CHP officers on a high speed chase.

CHP officers say at around 12:30 p.m. Friday, the suspect was speeding on Highway 41, in Kings County. When officers tried pulling him over, he refused to stop. That is when a 45 minute high speed chase started. Speeds reached 120 miles an hour. The chase ended in Fresno County...

Investigators say a parolee was arrested after he led officers on a 45-minute high-speed chase that started in the South Valley and ended with a crash in Easton.

CHP Officers say they tried to pull over a Chevy truck with four people inside for running a stop light in the Hanford area Friday afternoon...

One  of Taft's Most Wanted is in custody and a woman is on her way to the hospital after a parolee trying to evade police in a stolen vehicle crashed  at high speeds in Ford City.

Joshua Watson, 32, who was wanted for violating parole,  now faces additional charges of felony evading police and felony hit-and-run after the collision.

Watson is featured in this week's Taft's Most Wanted in the Friday Midway Driller...

A parolee at large and his accomplice are behind bars after Victorville SMASH Gang Team members found drugs and a firearm in their vehicle, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Victorville station officials said Saturday.

Parolee at large Ricardo Quintana, 32, of Adelanto, and Cody Cazares, 25, of Hesperia, were arrested for a variety of charges including transportation of drugs and possession of methamphetamine. Gang enhancements will be sought, according to a news release.

SMASH team members had served a search warrant at the Queen’s Motel on Thursday night when they learned a drug transaction was going to take place later that night in the 16200 block of Bear Valley Road, officials said...

A San Jose man out of prison on parole was stopped for speeding at about 10:30 Wednesday morning in the 1300 block of Snyder Street driving a 2006 Chrysler 300 that brought neighbors out of their houses claiming the car was similar to one involved in burglaries from several of their homes.

Anthony Rosendo Corrales, 29, of San Jose was placed on a parole hold from a past conviction and charged with possession of marijuana, possession of burglary tools and for driving at 50 miles an hour in a 25-mile-an-hour residential zone...

A parolee led Hesperia and Victorville sheriff’s deputies on a high-speed chase through two cities in a stolen vehicle, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Hesperia station officials said Tuesday.

Mark Maxwell, 30, of Hesperia was arrested for possession of stolen property, failure to yield and violating the terms of his parole.

At about 8:45 a.m., a San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Auto Theft Task Force member located a stolen black Honda vehicle traveling west on Bear Valley Road, called dispatch and began following it, according to a release...

A pursuit that led police weaving through Ventura neighborhoods ended in with the arrest of a parolee.

Ventura police received calls about some suspects casing vehicles on Glen Ellen Drive near Carol Street at shortly before 4 a.m. Friday. Responding officers spotted a suspicious vehicle leaving the area and tried to pull it over.

The driver of the car refused to yield, and a chase got under way...

A Watsonville man was arrested Saturday afternoon after leading Gilroy police on a high-speed vehicle pursuit.

Christian Rodriguez, 21, a parolee, evaded police after officers attempted to make a traffic stop when he was spotted exiting the Econo Furniture parking lot at 7390 Monterey St. at a high rate of speed. 

The pursuit ended in the 9200 block of Wren Avenue when Rodriguez's green-colored SUV left the roadway rolling several times...

An at-large parolee thought he could drive circles around the California Highway Patrol, but ended up just making himself dizzy before he was chased down and arrested.

The chase started about 8:45 a.m. Thursday after an officer stopped a gray 1993 Toyota Camry for driving onto an offramp and then darting back into freeway traffic on westbound Highway 4 near the Interstate 680 interchange, Officer Tom Maguire said.

After fumbling through several attempts to provide identification to the officer, the driver sped away onto northbound I-680, exited the Pacheco Boulevard offramp a mile or so away and quickly made a U-turn across a dirt divider back onto I-680 heading south, Maguire said...

Sheriff's deputies arrested a parolee Wednesday after he led them on a high-speed chase through Highland and Redlands.

Mario Piche, 25, was booked into West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga on suspicion of possessing stolen property and felony evading.

Deputies also arrested his passenger, Jennifer Fleeman, 26, suspicion of being under the influence of drugs...