Police: 2 suspects arrested after police pursuit in Elk Grove
ELK GROVE – Officers in Elk Grove arrested a pair of suspects who, they say, led police on a chase Wednesday.
Elk Grove police said that, on Wednesday afternoon, an officer on a motorcycle attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle due to a code violation. But instead of pulling over, the driver of the vehicle sped away and was involved in two non-injury crashes.
The driver eventually abandoned the vehicle in the area of Foulks Ranch and Elk Grove Boulevard and tried to run away, police said.
The driver, 29-year-old Lameka Robinson, was arrested on charges of evading, hit and run, and resisting arrest. The passenger, 25-year-old Curtis Stewart, was arrested on charges of resisting arrest.
According to the Elk Grove Police Department, an air unit and a K9 officer assisted with apprehending the suspects.
[Editor's note: Editor's note: The video originally attached to this story has been removed. It showed a man being handcuffed by Elk Grove police near the location of the chase. However, he had nothing to do with the chase. He pulled over after running out of gas and was then briefly handcuffed and questioned by police. He was not arrested and was not involved in any way.]
