CHECK INCIDENT LEADS TO CHASE, CRASH, ARRESTS : PAIR SUSPECTED OF FORGERY, CARRYING SHOTGUN IN VEHICLE.Byline: Sherry Joe Crosby Daily News Staff Writer Two Canyon Country men, who authorities said tried to cash a stolen check, were arrested Wednesday after a brief car chase that reached speeds of 80 mph and ended in a crash near downtown Newhall. Jason Smith Jason Smith is the name of:
Each was being held on $10,000 bond at the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. sheriff's station, and they are scheduled for arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted Friday in Newhall Municipal Court. Sheriff's deputies received a call from S&D Check Cashing on Valencia Boulevard, where Benaske allegedly attempted to cash a stolen check for $374, officials said. The S&D general manager, Venicia Garrett, said she made a routine phone call about the check, drawn on a Wells Fargo Wells Fargo armored carriers of bullion. [Am. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1147] See : Protectiveness Wells Fargo company that handled express service to western states; often robbed. [Am. Hist. Bank account. ``I called the maker of the check and they said it was stolen out of a truck,'' Garrett said. Minutes later, sheriff's deputies arrived and arrested Benaske a half block from the business. Smith, waiting in a white 1984 Volkswagen Rabbit GTI GTI Gas Technology Institute GTI Global Taxonomy Initiative GTI Good Time Interval GTI Guelph Turfgrass Institute GTI Green Theme International GTI Gordon Training International GTI Georgia Transportation Institute GTI Group Travel Insurance , drove off heading south on San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the . A sheriff's watch commander called off the pursuit seconds later because of heavy traffic in which someone might have been hurt. Authorities said that Smith, reaching speeds of 80 mph, kept going and soon rammed his car into a light pole at 15th Street outside the Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Animal Hospital. He then ran through Shady Mobile Home Park where he was arrested trying to scale a fence bordering a county fire station, sheriff's Sgt. Russell Brown said. ``One of the deputies flushed him out and he attempted to climb over a fence of Station 73,'' Brown said. ``This all went down real fast.'' Deputies said they found a sawed-off shotgun in the front of the Volkswagen Rabbit. CAPTION(S): 4 Photos Photo: (1-color in SAC only) Sheriff's Deputy Pat O'Neil l, left, carries a sawed-off shotgun from a car that officers chased Wednesday. (2--ran in SAC only--color) Deputy Mark Slater checks out the car that hit a utility pole. (3--color in SAC only) Jason Smith, after being handcuffed, gets a cooling drink. (4--ran in SAC only--color) Sidney Benaske, 24, is arrested. Terri Thuente/Daily News |
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