{"id":89840,"date":"2019-10-03T07:33:28","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T14:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=89840"},"modified":"2019-10-07T07:15:32","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T14:15:32","slug":"armed-suspect-arrested-after-carjacking-pickup-truck-stealing-chp-cruiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2019\/10\/03\/armed-suspect-arrested-after-carjacking-pickup-truck-stealing-chp-cruiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed suspect arrested after carjacking pickup truck, stealing CHP cruiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/video\/embed\/?pid=5587183\" width=\"476\" height=\"267\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>PALMDALE &#8211; A 29-year-old man who allegedly carjacked two vehicles and led deputies and California Highway Patrol officers on a high-speed chase through the Antelope Valley was arrested after crashing a CHP cruiser he stole while being chased in the Rosamond area in Kern County, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The chase began about 5:05 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, in Palmdale, where deputies tried to pull over the suspect&#8217;s car because he was suspected of driving recklessly and possibly under the influence of alcohol or drugs, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Information Bureau.<\/p>\n<p>At 5:24 p.m. the CHP was informed that deputies were in pursuit of a vehicle wanted for assault on a deputy and that a man and a woman were in the suspect vehicle, according to a CHP news statement.<\/p>\n<p>The CHP spotted the vehicle and tried to initiate a stop at 5:26 p.m., which failed and a pursuit began.<\/p>\n<p>The pursuit ended when the suspect&#8217;s vehicle drove into the desert and became disabled.<\/p>\n<p>The male driver,<strong> Juan Jose Galvez<\/strong>, exited the vehicle armed with a handgun and carjacked a pickup truck resulting in a short pursuit, according to the CHP news statement.<\/p>\n<p>Galvez drove into the desert and the pickup truck became disabled.<\/p>\n<p>The male driver and female passenger ran off and the pursuing officers lost sight of them; then &#8220;the male subject was able to turn back and entered an unoccupied CHP vehicle,&#8221; according to the CHP news statement.<\/p>\n<p>The stolen CHP unit subsequently stopped when it was disabled after leaving the paved roadway. Galvez was taken into custody at 6:16 p.m. on Rosamond Boulevard, west of 140th Street West in Kern County.<\/p>\n<p>His female passenger was taken into custody at 8:10 p.m. after a search of the area. Both suspects were booked at the sheriff&#8217;s Palmdale station. A handgun was recovered from the stolen pickup truck. There were no injuries to any CHP officers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE &#8211; A 29-year-old man who allegedly carjacked two vehicles and led deputies and California Highway Patrol officers on a high-speed chase through the Antelope Valley was arrested after crashing a CHP cruiser he stole while being chased in the Rosamond area in Kern County, authorities said. The chase began about 5:05 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":89842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,1499,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89840"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}