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Two San Mateo men were arrested after they allegedly led California Highway Patrol officers on a high-speed chase through Solano and Contra Costa counties that ended when their car crashed in Alamo early Tuesday morning, according to the CHP.
Officers arrested 34-year-old Ricky Wheeler Jr. and 36-year-old Jermaine Crumb Jr. on suspicion of failing to yield to officers and multiple gun-related violations after finding guns and ammunition in the car, CHP officials said.
CHP officers in Solano County attempted to stop their silver Dodge Charger at 12:12 a.m., according to the CHP.
The driver, identified by the CHP as Wheeler, failed to yield to the officer and instead drove at speeds of 130 mph as it traveled east on Interstate 80 and then south on Interstate I-680 in Solano County, CHP officials said.
CHP officers placed a spike strip on the highway near Marshview Road, but it only slowed down the car, which continued south on I-680 at speeds of 60 to 100 mph, CHP officials said.
A helicopter crew joined the chase as the car entered Contra Costa County, CHP officials said.
The driver eventually veered left and crashed into the center divider just south of Livorna Road in Alamo, according to the CHP.
CHP officers, with the help of Contra Costa County sheriff’s deputies, arrested Wheeler and Crumb without incident, CHP officers said.
Wheeler also had a no bail warrant for his arrest, according to the CHP.
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Way to go CHP!
I’m glad the trash is in jail and no one was hurt. Bravo to all the CHP in the air and on the ground.
“San Mateo men were arrested after they allegedly led …..”. Allegedly? Really? I think being politically correct has hit a new low. They were in a high speed chase, pursued by our CHP. There was nothing alleged about it. Thank you CHP.
Vicki you are correct. But this is what our Nation has become due to the idiot liberals.
It may get worse before it gets better.
Julia Pardini from Alamo
Actually Julia, our nation of fine Republican lawyers and about the entire legal system would agree it is proper to use the word alleged, since the person reporting it was not a party to the chase, having “heard” it about it from the witnesses to the chase and other associated law enforcement parties. So all you really accomplished is to demonstrate how retarded the red republican blinders are that many, like you, view their lives through. Statements like, emanating from both sides of the political spectrum, are laughable in that it shows the person making the statement to be momentarily bereft of any intellectually wit or insight.
The Right Wing Ranters just can’t help themselves. They have submitted themselves to the FOX Formula – anyone who disagrees with us is our enemy..a “libtarb” or some other pejorative phrase.
Don’t expect cogent replies from an un-medicated Julia.
I am a bit perplexed though about how the spike strip only slowed down their car. You would think it would have shredded the tires.
Anyway, with what they were carrying, there is no doubt that high speed chases weren’t the only crime they were involved with. Glad the officers got them before they managed more mayhem.
Excellent work CHP!
Derek, spike strips will essentially only deflate the tires, the steel bands will hold them together for some time. Additionally, the short sidewalls are very strong in the newer low profile tires which will allow them (obviously with no regard to the rims) to be driven for some time before they literally fall apart.
@ > JT. Humble yourself, you’re wrong. In a police report, whether or not the statement is given by a witness, victim or suspect, the information in that statement is not considered alleged; and no where in that report will you find the person taking that statement, or report, writing the word “alleged.” Only in court will that information from a report or finding be argued on the merits of whether or not it’s true.
The reporter of this piece is wrong. She obviously got her information from someone else, and in doing so, should have simply stated, “According to witness statements or reports, the two men were arrested.” For the reporter to decide what is “alleged” is bad jounalism.
Reporters, like cops, are fact finders; They investigate and take note on what they see and hear.
JT in addition to being wrong as Jack Smack just pointed out so well, you are boring in your explanation.