{"id":207316,"date":"2026-03-06T12:54:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T12:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/207316\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T12:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T12:54:23","slug":"rancho-cordova-pursuit-ends-near-south-lake-tahoe-driver-held","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/207316\/","title":{"rendered":"Rancho Cordova pursuit ends near South Lake Tahoe, driver held"},"content":{"rendered":"

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El Dorado County sheriff\u2019s vehicles and California Highway Patrol cruisers block Highway 50 during a felony stop near South Upper Truckee Road west of Meyers, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. The driver of a white sedan was taken into custody around 8:45 a.m. following a pursuit that began in Rancho Cordova.<\/p>\n

CHP South Lake Tahoe<\/p>\n

A driver was taken into custody Thursday morning after a pursuit that began in Rancho Cordova and stretched more than 80 miles to the South Lake Tahoe area, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Rancho Cordova police attempted a traffic stop around 4 a.m. at Folsom Boulevard and Florin Perkins Road, according to Sgt. Ed Igoe, a spokesperson for the Sacramento County Sheriff\u2019s Office, which contracts for services in the city.<\/p>\n

The driver failed to stop and deputies initiated a pursuit, he said.<\/p>\n

The chase eventually moved onto eastbound Highway 50 toward the Sierra. When the vehicle crossed into El Dorado County, the California Highway Patrol took over the pursuit, Igoe said.<\/p>\n

CHP officers followed the vehicle over Echo Summit before the driver stopped on Highway 50 and South Upper Truckee Road just west of Meyers.<\/p>\n

CHP Officer Ruth Loehr, a spokesperson for the CHP\u2019s South Lake Tahoe office, said the suspect \u2014 who was driving a white sedan \u2014 was taken into custody around 8:45 a.m.<\/p>\n

The El Dorado County Sheriff\u2019s Office and the South Lake Tahoe Police Department assisted in the response, she said.<\/p>\n

A portion of Highway 50 near Meyers was closed Thursday morning while multiple agencies responded to the scene. Cars for a time were being turned around on Highway 50 at Meyers to avoid the road closure, which has since been lifted.<\/p>\n

\"Law Law enforcement officers surround a white sedan during a felony stop on Highway 50 near South Upper Truckee Road west of Meyers, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. The driver was taken into custody around 8:45 a.m. after leading authorities on a four-hour pursuit that began in Rancho Cordova. CHP South Lake Tahoe \"Officers Officers with the California Highway Patrol and the El Dorado County Sheriff\u2019s Office conduct a felony stop of a white sedan on Highway 50 near South Upper Truckee Road west of Meyers, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. The driver was taken into custody around 8:45 a.m. after a pursuit that began in Rancho Cordova. CHP South Lake Tahoe \"A A BearCat from the El Dorado County Sheriff\u2019s Office is parked on Highway 50 near South Upper Truckee Road west of Meyers, Calif., as multiple law enforcement agencies respond to a felony stop involving a white sedan on Thursday, March 5, 2026. The driver was taken into custody around 8:45 a.m. after a pursuit that began in Rancho Cordova. CHP South Lake Tahoe \"El El Dorado County sheriff\u2019s deputies and California Highway Patrol officers conduct a felony stop on a white sedan on Highway 50 near South Upper Truckee Road west of Meyers, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. The driver was taken into custody around 8:45 a.m. after a pursuit that began in Rancho Cordova. CHP South Lake Tahoe <\/p>\n


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Daniel Hunt is a local news editor for The Sacramento Bee; he joined the newspaper in 2013.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"El Dorado County sheriff\u2019s vehicles and California Highway Patrol cruisers block Highway 50 during a felony stop near…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[95662,95664,95661,121,95663,123,122],"class_list":["post-207316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-highway-50-chase-south-lake-tahoe","tag-meyers-ca-police-chase","tag-rancho-cordova-pursuit","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-county-sheriff-pursuit","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207316","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=207316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}