{"id":585474,"date":"2026-08-31T02:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T02:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/585474\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T02:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T02:48:09","slug":"driver-who-allegedly-fled-police-ran-red-light-arrested-in-bedroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/585474\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver who allegedly fled police, ran red light arrested in bedroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  [&amp;_p]:tit-sub-xl tit-sub-xl md:[&amp;_p]:d-tit-sub-xl md:d-tit-sub-xl mb-[1.3rem]\">A 25-year-old man has been charged with dangerous driving and failing to stop after allegedly fleeing police in Auckland&#8217;s Clover Park overnight. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Counties Manukau Central Area Prevention Manager Inspector Mark Chivers said the driver of a Toyota Hilux was signalled to stop on Kerrs Rd in Manurewa just before 10.30pm. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">He said the driver initially pulled over, but sped off before the officer could speak to them. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;The vehicle was observed driving through a red light and then travelling at excessive speed along Great South Rd,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Due to the dangerous manner of driving, the vehicle was not pursued and police deployed the Eagle helicopter to track the driver from the sky. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">The Hilux was spotted on Hilltop Rd, and a police dog unit was deployed to track a scent from the vehicle to an address on the street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;The suspected driver was found hiding inside a bedroom and was arrested,&#8221; Chivers said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">A 25-year-old male would appear in Manukau District Court today, charged with dangerous driving and failing to remain stopped for an enforcement officer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;Police have no tolerance for drivers who put themselves and other road users at risk with their dangerous decisions,&#8221; Chivers said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 25-year-old man has been charged with dangerous driving and failing to stop after allegedly fleeing police in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[51,67,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-585474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-auckland","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}