The Fresno County Sheriff's Office arrested a Fresno man after a lengthy pursuit that reached speeds of over 100 mph Wednesday afternoon.
Just after 3:00 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, deputies were called to a home located near Cornelia and Muscat Avenues for a theft in progress. This same location recently had metal tanks taken.
When deputies arrived, they saw 24-year-old David Grimaldo walking around the rear of the property. Grimaldo ran to his to his pickup truck and sped off when he saw deputies approach. He tried to run deputies off the road as he fled, and deputies pursued.
During the pursuit, Grimaldo’s truck struck a chain link fence at McKinley & Grantland Avenues, dragging a 25 foot section behind him as the pursuit continued. The pursuit lasted about ten minutes and covered more than ten miles just west of Fresno.
The pursuit finally ended when Grimaldo drove onto private property near Herndon & Dower. Near the San Joaquin river bottom he crashed his truck, then got out of the vehicle and started running towards the river bottom. As ground units closed in, Eagle One dropped down to the river bottom where the flight officer was able to jump to the ground, chase Grimaldo down, and take him into custody.
Grimaldo was arrested on two counts of assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer and felony evading, and was later booked into the Fresno County Jail.
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