IRWINDALE - Police ended a pursuit of a motorcyclist Tuesday afternoon after the rider sped away on the 210 freeway.

Officers attempted a traffic stop on the rider at Los Angeles Street and Azusa Canyon Road at 12:10 p.m., accusing him of a traffic infraction, according to Sgt. Vargas of the Irwindale Police Department.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
​CityWatch Editor

​DUARTE - A suspect with more than $100,000 in outstanding warrants was arrested Thursday after fleeing Irwindale officers.

A patrol officer initiated a traffic stop for a driver who allegedly committed a vehicle code violation. The driver stopped and ran away, his passenger was detained at gunpoint at Mountain Avenue and Newington Street at 12:33 p.m., according to Sgt. Rudy Gatto of the Irwindale Police Department.

The suspect hid in the neighborhoods of Duarte on the Irwindale border when police spotted him. A second foot pursuit initiated. Deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Temple Station were called to help search, Gatto said.

The suspect went into hiding again, but was spotted once more and finally taken into custody at Galen Street and Ivory Drive.

The passenger was not accused of committing a crime and was released.

The suspect, Rayvon Cross, 23, of Upland had $146,000 in outstanding warrants. He was booked on suspicion of the initial traffic violation, resisting arrest and giving a false name to a peace officer, Gatto said.

The vehicle Cross was driving was impounded, Gatto said.

Cross was briefly hospitalized after jumping fences and walls during the chase before he was booked Gatto said.