SUSPECT ARRESTED WEARING ONLY CUFFS.Byline: Jesse Jesse (jĕs`ē), in the Bible, the descendant of Rahab, the grandson of Boaz and Ruth, and the father of David. Referring to the restoration of the Davidic monarchy, the Book of Isaiah speaks of a shoot coming from the "stump of Jesse. Hiestand Daily News Staff Writer A drunk-driving suspect tried to make a clean getaway Monday but barely got a foot in the shower before he was nabbed naked by police, officials said. After a 51-mile chase over two freeways, Michael Greer, 29, tried to give the slip to the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. by running into a house in the 19800 block of Covello Street, stripping down and turning on the shower's hot water, police said. ``We've had people run in and act like they're sleeping,'' said CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan Sgt. Jerry Sawasaki. ``But this is probably the weirdest one yet.'' Police say Greer refused to let officers dress him after he was arrested about 12:30 a.m., so he was led out of the house in handcuffs hand·cuff n. A restraining device consisting of a pair of strong, connected hoops that can be tightened and locked about the wrists and used on one or both arms of a prisoner in custody; a manacle. Often used in the plural. tr.v. and the buff. Greer was arrested on suspicion of several violations, including felony felony (fĕl`ənē), any grave crime, in contrast to a misdemeanor, that is so declared in statute or was so considered in common law. evading arrest and drunk driving, Sawasaki said. The chase started in Glendora about midnight when Greer, suspected of being under the influence, refused to pull over and sped west on the Foothill Freeway, Sawasaki said. The chase continued on the 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. , with Greer at times driving on the right shoulder, police said. Greer exited at Tampa Avenue and drove on city streets, running several traffic lights before heading home, Sawasaki said. Greer ran into the house, locking the door behind him, police said. Officers entered and found Greer readying for a shower and insisting he'd been home the entire evening, authorities said. ``He was arrested and refused to allow the officers to dress him until he was taken outside,'' Sawasaki said. |
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