A high-speed chase that began Monday afternoon on Highway 101 — and was punctuated by a violent collision at the corner of Arrellaga and De La Vina streets that injured two men and a child — ended with the suspect chased down on foot and arrested near the corner of Victoria and De La Vina streets.
The pursuit started around 4 p.m. when Sheriff's deputies attempted to pull over a truck stolen out of Ventura, but the driver accelerated to a high speed and attempted to evade pursuing authorities, which soon included a County Air Support helicopter. According to witnesses at the scene of the accident, the driver exited at Arrellaga Street and ran the stop signs at both Bath and De La Vina streets, then broadsided a Jeep traveling southbound on De La Vina and also hit a Honda CRV.
The collision sent the Jeep careening over the sidewalk and into the yard of a nearby home — the male driver would be extricated from the wreck with what appeared to be moderate to serious injuries — and spun the suspect's truck 180 degrees so that it ended up in the middle of the road facing the wrong direction. The male driver of the Honda CRV was also taken away in a stretcher. The exact extent of their injuries are unclear.

Paul Wellman
A man involved in an accident at the intersection of De La Vina and Arrellaga is transported to Cottage Hospital
According to a witness named Taryn, who was heading eastbound on Arrellaga and had stopped at De La Vina, the suspect's car went flying by her — missing her SUV by inches — with multiple Sheriff's vehicles following closely behind. She watched in shock as the truck smashed into the Jeep, and said mere seconds after the truck came to rest the male driver jumped out, hesitated for a moment, then took off running down De La Vina Street. Taryn, who was on her way to a dentist appointment, said the man appeared frantic and disorientated, speculating he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. As Sheriff's deputies and SBPD officers later collected evidence from the scene, they could be seen removing alcohol and juice bottles from the truck.
Taryn said that as a deputy hopped out of his cruiser and gave chase, another deputy drew his weapon and ordered the truck's female passenger — who was identified as the driver's girlfriend — to the ground. Not long after, Taryn went on, two young boys were removed from the back seat of the truck. One, six years old, was injured; the other, fours year old, was not hurt. The suspect reportedly jumped a number of fences and ran through a handful of yards before he was taken down near Victoria Street.
The suspect, who has not been publicly identified, was taken into custody on a number of charges, including child endangerment, evading authorities, and possession of stolen property. Sheriff's spokesperson Kelly Hoover said more information on the suspect and the incident will be released shortly.
Comments
what a disgusting creep.
GluteousMaximus (anonymous profile)
October 7, 2013 at 6:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Don't be too hard on him....he just needs a few more chances to
clean up his act. Meanwhile, you and I get to pay to take care of
his issues.....
zuma7 (anonymous profile)
October 7, 2013 at 7:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Ban cars now, before they hurt another child.
AZ2SB (anonymous profile)
October 7, 2013 at 7:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Too bad they couldn't shoot this guy first before the mayhem.
lawdy (anonymous profile)
October 7, 2013 at 8:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)
If this guy continues his path of success, in 18months we'll all of a sudden to become happy to take him in as another one of our resident homeless who we will bend down and scrub his feet once a year and provide him with warm meals and a comfy bed.
DBD (anonymous profile)
October 8, 2013 at 8:51 a.m. (Suggest removal)
A little more than Sideways on Arrellaga Street: Why did this man go sideways? Because that is what addicts do in continuing to use despite the consquences. Alcoholism is a brain illness that tells you that you can handle it. More and more of the substance and the drama is needed to get the same high. Hopefully he will not be getting high on how many people he can fool regarding his substance use.How many alcoholic beverage containers were in the car?
blanchesweet (anonymous profile)
October 8, 2013 at 11:11 a.m. (Suggest removal)
DBD....
Why the BFD about the homeless. Are you really that threatened by someone having their feet washed that you had to post a comment in an article about a high speed chase?
Don't you know we like the homeless are here because, like Marijuana plants, they don't move and therefore SBPD is actually able to catch them!
Just imagine what the Chief's monthly city council reports would sound like if we didn't have those "resident homeless with warm meals and comfy beds"?
(Do you hear crickets chirping?)
touristunfriendly (anonymous profile)
October 8, 2013 at 12:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)
@Blancesweet: I noticed you capitalized "Sideways" and I'm wondering if it's a reference to the movie Sideways which precipitated the tsunami of alcoholic Yuppies who have since swarmed upon Santa Ynez Valley?
Either way, it's amazing how much damage booze does to people all the while our politicians and business people keep telling us that we must support the alcohol industry while at the same time demonizing those who smoke pot in the privacy of their own homes.
billclausen (anonymous profile)
October 8, 2013 at 8:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)
This forum reminds of me of Edhat...it runs off the rails almost immediately, away from the issue at hand and morphs into a pet peeve spew. Meanwhile, back at the scene of the accident...not sure from the article that firm conclusions can be drawn about what the motivations were nor circumstances that placed not only the idiot driver but a girlfriend and two young kids in the stolen truck with him. Certainly not your run of the mill high speed chase. Usually they don't involve girlfriends and children. Guy like that should never be allowed to drive again in California.
jeffchemnick (anonymous profile)
October 9, 2013 at 6:18 a.m. (Suggest removal)