Crime & Safety
Los Gatos Man Flees Police In Slow Speed Chase
After a brief and low-speed pursuit lasting five miles on Highway 680, the 45-year-old man pulled over at an interchange in Dublin.
SAN RAMON - A Los Gatos man suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol fled from police in San Ramon on Sunday, leading to a brief and low-speed pursuit on Interstate Highway 680, according to police.
The 45-year-old Los Gatos man failed to pull over when a police officer attempted a traffic stop around 10 p.m. Sunday on the highway’s southbound side, San Ramon police Sgt. Steve Fajardo said.
The man then slowly fled from police for about 5 miles -- from San Ramon to the highway’s Interstate Highway 580 interchange in Dublin -- before finally pulling over, Fajardo said.
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The man, whose name was not immediately available, was allegedly determined to be intoxicated.
He was arrested on suspicion of DUI and booked into the Martinez Detention Facility.
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