70-MILE CHASE ENDS IN ARREST.Byline: - Dana Bartholomew An Idaho man took his wife and three children on a 70-mile police chase Thursday from Woodland Hills to Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. County before being taken into custody, officials said. Douglas Newman, 37, who was in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, with his family visiting his mother, was being held on suspicion of felony evading and child endangerment following the two-hour chase, officials said. Once the pursuit began, Newman's brother called authorities and identified him as the driver. A witness told police he saw the suspect push the woman into a Chevrolet Blazer The Chevrolet Blazer and GMC Jimmy names were used on two different early SUV models:
With helicopter news crews from several TV stations broadcasting the pursuit, police followed the SUV as it entered the eastbound Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. , then circled back into westbound traffic. In Ventura County, the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. entered the chase, which reached speeds of more than 90 mph. The pursuit ended about 1:30 p.m., when the suspect exited on Sheffield Drive in Santa Barbara County, stopped on a dead-end road and got out holding an infant. Officers talked to him from a distance, with one officer in the background holding a shotgun at the ready. The man returned to the SUV and within minutes an adolescent girl climbed out and walked to safety. The woman then emerged holding a young child. Los Angeles police officers then walked up to the Blazer and removed the baby and arrested Newman. ``He released the (woman) and the children,'' LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Officer Sandra Escalante said. ``Everyone was OK.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) A California Highway Patrol officer escorts Douglas Newman to a waiting police vehicle Thursday following a 70-mile chase that began in Woodland Hills. Steve Malone/Santa Barbara News-Press (2) Douglas Newman kisses his wife from the back of a police car following his arrest Thursday in Santa Barbara County on suspicion of felony evasion and child endangerment after police chased him for 70 miles in his SUV. Newman, 37, of Idaho was in Southern California with his family to visit his mother. Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer |
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