Crime & Safety
Motorcycle Chase Speeds to 143 MPH, Canine Catches Reckless Suspect with Stash of Narcotics
After chasing a maniac suspect on a motorcycle through Antelope, Citrus Heights and Carmichael, police arrest 24-year-old Kenneth Smith with narcotics.
Police arrested 24-year-old Kenneth Smith of Sacramento Thursday afternoon on a number of charges, according to Fox 40 news.
They say Smith, riding a stolen motorcycle with a stash of narcotics, led them on a high speed chase that ranged through Antelope, Carmichael and Citrus Heights.
“He was clocked at 143,” said Liz Dutton, Public Information Officer for California Highway Patrol.
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Even at 143 miles an hour, you just can’t outrun a police helicopter. So officers say the suspect ditched his ride and hid. But police have tools to deal with that too.
In the end, a police dog grabbed him by the ankle where he was hiding and made the arrest. Police this time literally working to make the streets safe.
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--- Wrong-headed and reckless, if the allegations are true. Now Smith is headed to his new place in the Sacramento County jail.
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