Man arrested after pursuit with Pomona police
A pursuit suspect was Friday after a pursuit with police near an area of Pomona well-known for human trafficking.
According to Pomona Police Department, officers patrolling a corridor near Indian Hill Boulevard and Lincoln Avenue attempted to conduct a traffic stop of a 2015 Mercedes C300 for various vehicle code violations at around 12:05 p.m.
When officers asked the driver to step out of the vehicle, he instead started the car and fled from the scene.
A brief pursuit came to a crashing end when the driver los control of the car and slammed into a chain-link fence near Jefferson Avenue and San Antonio Avenue. The suspect then fled on foot.
Officers detained a female passenger of the vehicle while a K-9 unit and air unit were called to the scene to assist in the search.
The suspect was located in the backyard of a home in the 800 block of Columbia Avenue by the K-9 unit.
Devion Monae Young, 24, was arrested without further incident. He is suspected of hit-and-run, felony evading and being an unlicensed driver, police said.
Anyone with additional information on the incident was asked to contact police at (909) 620-2085.