A 36-year-old San Lorenzo man was in Alameda County jail on suspicion of a number of fees after fleeing a site visitors cease and main legislation enforcement in a chase Wednesday till his sport-utility car “ran out of gasoline,” authorities mentioned.
In an announcement Thursday, police mentioned officers patrolling close to Hesperian Boulevard and Olive Avenue shortly earlier than 10:15 p.m. noticed a black Toyota Highlander SUV make a site visitors violation.
When officers turned on their patrol car’s alert system to cease the Toyota, it didn't yield and led a two-mile pursuit alongside Interstate 238.
Quickly after, round 10:45 p.m., the pursuit ended after the SUV’s gas tank emptied out on the 238-580 interchange, the driving force stayed within the automobile and complied with instructions to get out.
Officers’ search of the SUV yielded two kilos of marijuana, whereas different officers discovered a loaded firearm the driving force had discarded alongside the freeway throughout the pursuit, police mentioned.
The driving force was arrested on suspicion of being an individual not allowed to hold a firearm, possession of marijuana on the market and evading police with out regard for security.
He was taken to Santa Rita Jail and booked into custody on $135,000 bail, and faces arraignment Friday at Dublin’s East County Corridor of Justice, in line with a county information test.
Police mentioned the division recovered 11 weapons final month, together with 5 “ghost weapons.”
Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.