BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 The driver of a vehicle that led a California Highway Patrol officer on a chase on Interstate 5 during which he reached speeds of 120 mph, turned off his lights and passed vehicles on the shoulder, was convicted Friday, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n
Arnulfo Quintana Sandoval was found guilty of recklessly evading a peace officer, a felony, and misdemeanor DUI. He faces up to three years in prison at next month\u2019s sentencing hearing. <\/p>\n
\u201cIn choosing to drive recklessly while under the influence, the defendant showed a blatant disregard for the safety of others,\u201d Assistant District Attorney Ken Russell said. \u201cThat choice has a legal consequence, one that Sandoval must now face.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the night of Feb. 10, a CHP officer was stopped on the right shoulder of southbound I-5, north of Main Drain Road, when a dark-colored Porsche Cayenne \u2014 a crossover SUV \u2014 approached at 118 mph, according to a summary of the incident contained in a District Attorney\u2019s Office release. <\/p>\n
The officer activated emergency lights and siren and tried to pull the Porsche over, but its lights switched off and it sped away. <\/p>\n
It continued south on I-5 at high speed, passing two semi-trucks on the right shoulder. <\/p>\n
Exiting at Rowlee Road and Buttonwillow Drive, the Porsche entered a neighborhood and the officer lost sight of it.<\/p>\n
The Porsche was later found parked on West 3rd Street near Buttonwillow Drive. Sandoval was in the front passenger seat and showed signs of being under the influence. <\/p>\n
He was arrested after being identified as the registered owner and only occupant of the vehicle. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 The driver of a vehicle that led a California Highway Patrol officer on a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-1024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}