Crime & Safety

Suspect Escapes Santee Sheriff Pursuit After Crashing Car Into Garage

A man takes sheriff's deputies on a chase that ends with a crash and escape on foot.

A man led sheriff's deputies on a brief pursuit in Santee early Tuesday and got away on foot after crashing his borrowed vehicle into a parked car, which in turn struck a garage, authorities said.

The pursuit began in the area of 200 East Bradley Avenue at 12:08 a.m. after deputies saw the man driving a Saturn car erratically, according to San Diego County sheriff's Sgt. Marliu Marcq.

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The pursuit ended about two minutes later when the man crashed the Saturn into a car that was parked in a driveway in the 900 block of Flint Street, Marcq said in a statement. The parked car was pushed into a garage, damaging both the vehicle and the structure, he said.

The man bailed on foot, Marcq said, noting no one else was in the Saturn.

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Investigators contacted the registered owner of the Saturn and learned the man had borrowed it from a family member a few minutes prior to the pursuit. According to the lieutenant, the man's whereabouts were unknown.

No one was injured in the pursuit and related crashes.


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