DUI driver pursuit ends with successful PIT maneuver
A pursuit with an alleged reckless DUI driver came to an end after authorities performed a successful PIT maneuver on an Orange County freeway on Saturday evening.
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A pursuit with an alleged reckless DUI driver came to an end after authorities performed a successful PIT maneuver on an Orange County freeway on Saturday evening.
SkyCal was overhead as the suspects sped down the 110 Freeway at over 130 miles per hour.
The chase began in San Bernardino County and lasted until the suspect surrendered as he was driving through the Newhall Pass.
Manhattan Beach police were in pursuit of the Hyundai as the chase moved along the 110 Freeway, ending on surface streets in Central City. The suspect was detained.
Los Angeles Police Department officers are in pursuit of a suspect who is wanted for alleged assault with a deadly weapon on an officer. The chase began near the Koreatown area, according to LAPD officials.
The driver sideswiped two vehicles when LAPD officers approached on foot.
SkyCal was overhead as the motorcyclist hurtled along the 110 Freeway into downtown LA, where they appeared to get away from pursuing officers.
A suspect allegedly with a gun, led police on a pursuit at moderate speeds through Encino and into Woodland Hills.
The suspect was arrested after bailing from his car and running into a Lake Balboa bar on foot.
The motorcycle was traveling at speeds up to 100 miles per hour as they fled.
Police were in pursuit of an armed suspect along 5 and 10 Freeways. The pursuit came to an end as the front tires of the SUV were blown out and the suspect was taken into custody in Cheviot Hills.
The chase began sometime around 9:30 p.m., according to the El Monte Police Department. They said that the driver was wanted by San Gabriel police, and when EMPD officers found the vehicle they began pursuit.
Police arrested an alleged DUI driver following a lengthy chase near downtown LA on Thursday.
The driver of a Honda CRV led police on a high-speed pursuit on the 118 and 210 freeways. The pursuit ended in a violent crash on the 210 Freeway in the Pasadena area.
SkyCal was overhead when police conducted a perfect PIT maneuver to bring a pursuit with an alleged DUI driver also wanted for assault with a deadly weapon on an officer to an end in Compton.
At times the driver could be seen hurtling along the 5 Freeway at over 100 miles per hour with the lights turned off.
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A wrong-way driver, who was also allegedly armed with a gun, that led police on a chase through the San Fernando Valley was finally arrested after a lengthy standoff in the backyard of a Sun Valley home.
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An alleged stolen vehicle suspect led authorities on a chase from Whittier and into downtown Los Angeles, beginning in a red truck and jumping into another white truck. Eventually, the vehicle came to a stop and abandoned the truck.
The chase originated in Alhambra and continued west into Los Angeles with the suspect speeding along the 110 and 10 Freeways and on surface streets through downtown until coming to a stop in Koreatown. Police searched for the suspect after he ran from the car and into an apartment building.
SkyCal was overhead as the suspect was taken into custody after leading authorities on a high speed chase through downtown Los Angeles on Monday afternoon.
California Highway Patrol officers chased after armed suspects during a pursuit in Los Angeles.
SkyCal was over a wild pursuit in South Los Angeles on Wednesday evening.
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The fire was reported at 2:54 a.m. Sunday in the 500 block of Lincoln Boulevard.
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Two San Fernando Valley homes were broken into on Saturday and police are working to determine if both incidents are connected.
Deputies said that an AutoZone near the intersection of Atlantic and Olympic boulevards was ransacked shortly after a street takeover at the intersection.
The fire was first reported at around 4:40 p.m. near the intersection of N. Sierra Highway and Needham Ranch Parkway, LACoFD officials said.
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