{"id":229368,"date":"2026-03-21T00:43:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T00:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/229368\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T00:43:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T00:43:19","slug":"fresno-county-authorities-arrest-man-after-high-speed-chase-39th-county-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/229368\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno County Authorities Arrest Man After High-Speed Chase, 39th County Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man received his 39th arrest in Fresno County after being apprehended Friday after a high-speed chase that ended in a collision, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Around 10 a.m., Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s deputies attempted to stop a stolen Ford pickup at First and Shaw Avenue. Nicholas Lefall, 38, sped away, weaving through traffic at up to 75 mph.<\/p>\n<p>The pursuit ended at First and Bullard avenues when Lefall rammed a stopped Subaru, then fled on foot. Deputies, assisted by the EAGLE One helicopter, caught him nearby.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lefall, on probation under California\u2019s Post Release Community Supervision program, faces charges including auto theft, evading police, and resisting arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Traffic was delayed for more than two hours while authorities cleared the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Got a Tip?<\/p>\n<p>Officials ask anyone with information to call the Sheriff\u2019s Office at (559) 600-3111 or Crime Stoppers at (559) 498-7867, referencing case #26-3167.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man received his 39th arrest in Fresno County after being apprehended Friday after a high-speed chase that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-229368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229368","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=229368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}