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High speed chase....
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Posted by: No Rice Allowed

Right now on HNN and Fox news....About 15mins into it...

Posted by: No Rice Allowed

Looks like a kidnapper....A stroller is attached to the roof of the vehicle....

Posted by: No Rice Allowed

Good news it ended without any of the victims injured...

Posted by: LS1JAY

UPDATE: Suspect Mr.P was trying to flee from police as he had a under age Goat in his trunk!

Posted by: No Rice Allowed

Posted on Thu, Jun. 16, 2005

Man arrested after three county chase on U.S. 101

Associated Press

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - A man allegedly involved in a domestic dispute led authorities on a long highway chase Thursday until he hit a dead end, jumped out with a baby boy in his arms and engaged in a standoff that ended when officers used a stun gun on him.

The man's wife or girlfriend and their two other children were also in the vehicle but were allowed to get out before the arrest, authorities said. The scene was broadcast by TV helicopters.

No one was hurt during the incident, in which California Highway Patrol units pursued a Chevy Blazer with a baby stroller strapped to its roof on U.S. 101 from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara.

The driver, Douglas Newman, 37, was arrested for investigation of domestic violence, evading and child endangerment, a Los Angeles Police Department statement said.

The LAPD said the woman involved was Newman's wife. But CHP spokesman Don Clotworthy identified her as Newman's girlfriend, Sheryl Lynn DeClue, 36, of Los Angeles.

The children were identified as Ashley Rissa DeClue, 11, Hailey Rae DeClue, 2, and 6-month-old Michael Douglas DeClue.

The incident began about 11:30 a.m. in the San Fernando Valley. Los Angeles police said a witness reported that a woman had been pushed into the Blazer by a man and driven away.

The witness followed until a police unit caught up but the driver refused to stop, police said.

The Blazer headed northwest out of Los Angeles County and through Ventura County on U.S. 101 at speeds up to 100 mph until it reached the Montecito area of Santa Barbara County.

"During the pursuit, a man called LAPD and identified himself as the driver's brother," the LAPD statement said. "He said the driver, seen on television, was from Idaho and in town with his family, visiting his mother."

The driver exited the highway and turned onto a road closed for bridge repairs. Forced to stop, Newman got out holding the 6-month-old boy, Clotworthy said.

As officers negotiated, Newman said he would only release the children to his brother, then went back into the vehicle and also grabbed the 2-year-old, Clotworthy said.

The 11-year-old girl left the Blazer as Newman negotiated for a cell phone and she was taken into protective custody, he said. The mother then brought the 2-year-old to officers.

Officers determined there was no weapon in the vehicle and approached. A Santa Barbara County sheriff's deputy stunned Newman with a Taser and CHP Officer Dana Smith grabbed the baby, Clotworthy said.

Newman was stunned several more times as he became combative, and also tried to conceal a handcuff key in his mouth during the arrest, Clotworthy said.

"All That over a dispute???"

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