 Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor MORENO VALLEY - The California Highway Patrol arrested a stolen vehicle suspect as she fled with a passenger into Riverside County early Monday. El Monte Police began pursuing the driver after she failed to stop for an officer before 1:30 a.m. December 2. The chase took the eastbound I-10 freeway into Claremont where the CHP took over, according to Lt. Pete Rasic of the El Monte Police Department. CHP officers from the San Gorgonio Pass Office took over the chase near Cherry Valley Boulevard and the I-10 freeway in the community of Cherry Valley, according to Officer Matt Napier of the CHP San Gorgonio Pass Office.
The driver, 26-year-old Carolina Hernandez, an El Monte resident, was arrested and booked on suspicion of felony evading, possession of a stolen vehicle and possession of stolen property, Napier said. Hernandez’s passenger was detained and released.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor EL MONTE - Arcadia Police assisted El Monte officers with a search after a grand theft auto suspect escaped a traffic stop Sunday night. Officers on patrol saw the vehicle at Valley Boulevard and Baldwin Avenue at a 7-Eleven around 10:51 p.m. and recognized it as a stolen vehicle. The driver, whom officers recognized, fled on foot when officers tried to stop him, according to Lt. Michael Buckhannon of the El Monte Police Department.
The unidentified suspect was driving a grey 2008 Chevrolet HHR taken Friday, April 12 from El Monte, Buckhannon said. Arcadia officers were called to assist due to the search’s proximity to Arcadia and the number of El Monte officers on duty Sunday night, Buckhannon said. Booking information was not readily available.  PHOTO/Courtesy of the El Monte Police Department. Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor EL MONTE - A man stole a computer from an El Monte Church May 5 and Police need your help in locating him.
Anyone with information on the suspect is urged to call the El Monte Police Department at 626-258-8635. |
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