Pursuit Terminates With Surrender of Suspected DUI Driver, Discovery of Marijuana

DUARTE, Calif., Mar. 23 (KNN) — A pursuit finally came to an end Friday night with the suspect in custody and the discovery of bags of marijuana in the trunk of the suspect’s vehicle.

Monterey Park Police Department officers were in pursuit of a suspected drunk driver in their city around 10:30 p.m.

The suspect drove onto the eastbound 10 Freeway and entered the city of West Covina leading the officers in a chase. The suspect then exited at Vincent Avenue in the city of West Covina and entered the westbound 10 Freeway where California Highway Patrol officers with the Baldwin Park Office took over the pursuit.

The CHP was involved in the pursuit for over two hours that included multiple freeways and surface streets throughout multiple cities.

Attempts were made to employ spike strips to slow the vehicle, however, the suspect was able to slow down and maneuver around the spike strips.

The suspect finally came to a stop about a mile from his residence on Encanto Parkway in the city of Duarte.

Officers gave multiple commands to the suspect to exit the vehicle, but the suspect refused to leave the car.

During the stop, the CHP deployed spike strips between the vehicle’s tires in the chance the suspect attempted to take off again, said Sgt. Andrew McAllister at the scene speaking to Key News Network regarding the incident.

CHP officers shot out the rear passenger window on the drivers side with a bean bag round which shattered the glass.

The suspect then voluntarily surrendered and was taken into custody by CHP.

Upon inspection of the vehicle and suspect, CHP recovered multiple bags of marijuana in the trunk of the car and on the suspect.

Family members of the suspect arrived at the termination of the pursuit which was not far from their residence where the suspect was heading. The suspect’s brother, Jaime, spoke to KNN at the scene and said he was on the phone with his brother during the pursuit who said he was scared of how the officers were going to treat him.

Jaime said that when he was 15 years old and his brother was little, law enforcement threw his brother like he was an animal. Jaime claims that ever since then, “they have always treated him like he was an animal.”

Randy Dominguez, Video Journalist / KNN