​Los Angeles Woman Arrested After Leading Alhambra Police on Pursuit

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Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor

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LOS ANGELES - A woman behind the wheel of a reported stolen vehicle was arrested after a quick pursuit and foot chase from Alhambra to El Sereno, police said.
 
The chase began just before 1:40 a.m. after an officer on patrol located the stolen vehicle in the area Main Street and Huntington Drive. The driver refused to stop and led police on a quick pursuit on surface streets, sometimes at speeds around 70 miles per hour, according to Alhambra Police and police radio traffic.
 
The vehicle was reported stolen from the area of Stoneman Avenue and Main Street, Alhambra Police said.
 
The pursuit wound into the El Sereno neighborhood of Los Angeles and into an alleyway where the suspect fled on foot, but she was quickly arrested.
 
Claudia Hernandez, 28, from Los Angeles, was booked on suspicion of grand theft auto, felony evading and a misdemeanor narcotics charge, police said.
 
Hernandez is being held in lieu of $110,000 bail. She is scheduled to appear in Alhambra Superior Court May 21.