Santa Rosa Police Chase Ends With Petaluma Woman's Arrest

SONOMA COUNTY, CA — A 28-year-old Petaluma woman was arrested by Santa Rosa police after allegedly leading officers on a short pursuit in a stolen vehicle before crashing on Sunday night. Santa Rosa police say Edwina Grunseth fled from an attempted traffic stop after an officer checked a Department of Motor Vehicles database and determined the vehicle she was driving had been reported stolen.

According to police, Grunseth led police on a chase from Hoen Avenue, starting near the intersection with Yulupa Avenue, until she crashed the vehicle into a Caltrans light pole. The crash knocked the pole off its base and the vehicle came to rest in trees and shrubs in an adjacent field.

Grunseth complied with commands from officers after the crash and was able to climb out of the vehicle's window to be taken into police custody. She was not injured.

Grunseth has been booked into Sonoma County Jail.

By Bay City News Service

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