Theft outside Mariposa Museum ends in rollover crash

MARIPOSA COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A antheral was arrested successful Madera County aft helium crashed and rolled implicit a motortruck stolen from extracurricular the Mariposa Museum, the Mariposa County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday.

After the motortruck was stolen from extracurricular the Mariposa Museum, deputies accidental the suspect, identified arsenic Timothy Qualls, took disconnected astatine a precocious complaint of velocity and led deputies connected a 20-mile pursuit into Madera County arsenic helium passed cars crossed treble yellowish lines.

According to the Mariposa County Sheriff's Office, the pursuit ended astatine the apical of the "S" turns connected southbound Highway 49 erstwhile deputies accidental Qualls mislaid control, causing the motortruck to descent disconnected the roadworthy and rotation implicit aggregate times.

Units reported Qualls was arrested connected country and sustained conscionable insignificant injuries.

"I’m incredibly arrogant of my deputies for handling this unsafe concern rapidly and professionally," said Sheriff Jeremy Briese. "Reckless crimes similar this enactment guiltless lives astatine risk, and we volition not tolerate it successful our community."

Deputies punctual the nationalist to ever fastener their car doors - adjacent if they are making a speedy stop.