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PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A Porterville teen and his begetter were arrested aft a high-speed pursuit astir killed an serviceman and respective pedestrians.
Porterville Police accidental they arrested 40-year-old Gustavo Garcia and his 15-year-old lad aft the teen led officers connected a unsafe Friday nighttime pursuit with "blatant disregard for the information of citizens." According to detectives, this was not the archetypal clip the teen had driven recklessly and fled from officers.
Police accidental patrol officers attempted to propulsion implicit the achromatic Ford Mustang connected Olive Avenue astir 11:30 p.m. connected Friday aft it blew done a reddish airy and astir collided with different motorists. The Mustang failed to output to officers and alternatively led them connected a unsafe pursuit passim the City of Porterville.
During the pursuit, officers utilized Stop Sticks successful an effort to deflate the Mustang's tires. Police accidental the teen evaded the Stop Sticks and successful doing truthful attempted to deed the deploying serviceman with the vehicle; the serviceman had to leap retired of the mode to debar being tally over.
Officers past organized a roadblock connected Westfield Avenue. Instead of stopping, they accidental the teen intentionally collided with a constabulary conveyance earlier fleeing northbound connected Milo Street, past westbound to Highway 65 wherever helium got distant aft traveling astatine speeds implicit 100 miles per hour.
Detectives from the Narcotic Investigations Unit and Special Investigations Unit, who constabulary accidental are acquainted with the past of the Mustang and the teen driver, assumed the investigation.
Detectives accidental they tracked the teen and the car to Strathmore. There, astatine a state presumption connected the intersection of Avenue 196 and State Route 65, they located the teen and the Mustang. The boy's father, Gustavo Garcia, was besides astatine the state presumption successful a antithetic vehicle.
Through investigation, officers determined that Garcia had anterior cognition of his son's unlicensed status, past of reckless driving, and galore evasions from instrumentality enforcement, but inactive allowed him to run the vehicle, causing undue information to citizens and the teen.
Police accidental the 15-year-old was past arrested nether suspicion of attempted homicide of a bid officer, battle with a deadly limb connected a bid officer, battle with a deadly weapon, reckless evading from a bid officer, operating a centrifugal conveyance without a license, and deed and run.
Officers authorities Garcia was besides arrested nether suspicion of kid endangerment and allowing an unlicensed idiosyncratic to run a centrifugal vehicle.
Anyone with accusation regarding this probe is encouraged to interaction the Porterville Police Department astatine 559-782-7400 oregon done their departmental Facebook oregon Instagram page.
