Tri-Valley Man Arrested After Pursuit from Oakland to Pittsburg

OAKLAND, CA: A suspect identified as a 25-year-old Livermore man was arrested on a number of suspected offenses after a pursuit from Oakland to Pittsburg on Friday night, according to the California Highway Patrol.

CHP officers pursued the suspect, Denzal Sirus Arland Ashford-Green, after he allegedly failed to stop at 7:50 p.m. Friday when officers tried to pull him over on northbound state Highway 13 in Oakland for not having license plates, CHP officials said. A CHP aircraft was involved in the chase, following the suspect's Mercedes-Benz onto northbound Interstate Highway 680, northbound state Highway 242 and then eastbound state Highway 4.

The Mercedes then exited the highway at Bailey Road in Pittsburg, where local police officers had placed spike strips that were successful in helping stop the vehicle in the area of Leland Road and Railroad Avenue, according to the CHP. After trying to navigate back toward the freeway, the suspect crashed the Mercedes into a pole before allegedly fleeing on foot and trying to carjack another vehicle, according to the CHP. He was then taken into custody.

Ashford-Green was arrested on suspicion of felony evasion, resisting arrest, carjacking, hit-and-run, possessing a controlled substance and various firearm violations, according to the CHP.

By Bay City News