PAROLEE ARRESTED; STOLEN CAR DENTS COP CRUISER.Byline: Daily News SAUGUS -- Sheriff's deputies, chasing a man Friday who had bolted from a stolen car, parked a black-and-white behind it, unaware the stolen vehicle was in gear. When they brought the handcuffed suspect, Andrew Jones, back to the patrol car, they found it dented -- the stolen Chevrolet Cavalier cavalier (kăv'əlĭr`), in general, an armed horseman. In the English civil war the supporters of Charles I were called Cavaliers in contradistinction to the Roundheads, the followers of Parliament. The royalists used the designation until it was replaced by Tory. had rolled into it. Jones, on parole for an unrelated offense, was spotted by Deputy James Peterson on Urbandale Urbandale, city (1990 pop. 23,500), Polk co., central Iowa, a residential suburb of Des Moines; inc. 1917. The growing city has light industry and warehousing. Drive in Saugus driving a silver 2002 Cavalier that came back stolen, Deputy Larry Gump said. Peterson was following the car, awaiting backup, when Jones, 25, of Van Nuys spotted him and took off. He stopped the car, and ran, Gump said. Peterson parked his squad car in front of the Cavalier and followed, detaining Jones at gunpoint in a nearby backyard, Gump said. Jones was booked on suspicion of auto theft and held without bail because of his parole status. He is scheduled for arraignment Tuesday in Santa Clarita Superior Court. |
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