SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, Calif. — A sex offender was arrested after nearly crashing into a San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle during a chase Sunday.
According to the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office, the chase started after a deputy saw someone driving recklessly on the Hammer Lane onramp to northbound I-5. The driver continued to speed when they exited onto Eight Mile Road and ran through multiple red lights.
The sheriff’s office says the driver hit a dead end on Trinity Parkway and made a U-turn before driving toward a marked patrol vehicle ‘missing it within inches.’
The driver lost control and overturned. He was uninjured.
Deputies say the unidentified driver had an outstanding warrant for felony failure to register as a sex offender and felony domestic violence. He was arrested and booked on suspicion of felony evading, felony assault with a vehicle and assault on a peace officer.
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