{"id":232246,"date":"2026-03-23T07:18:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T07:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/232246\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T07:18:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T07:18:26","slug":"auto-thief-suspect-on-probation-arrested-after-pursuit-and-crash-in-fresno-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/232246\/","title":{"rendered":"Auto Thief Suspect on Probation Arrested After Pursuit and Crash in Fresno (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/goldrushcam.com\/sierrasuntimes\/index.php\/news\/local-news\/76557-auto-thief-suspect-on-probation-arrested-after-pursuit-and-crash-in-fresno-video?tmpl=component&amp;print=1\" title=\"Print article &lt; Auto Thief Suspect on Probation Arrested After Pursuit and Crash in Fresno (Video) &gt;\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href,&#039;win2&#039;,&#039;status=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,titlebar=no,menubar=no,resizable=yes,width=640,height=480,directories=no,location=no&#039;); return false;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/printButton.png\" alt=\"Print\"\/>\t<\/a>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/goldrushcam.com\/sierrasuntimes\/index.php\/component\/mailto\/?tmpl=component&amp;template=rt_spectral&amp;link=21d9881c386dfd2802c02d47c20133cdc0a10dc6\" title=\"Email this link to a friend\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href,&#039;win2&#039;,&#039;width=400,height=450,menubar=yes,resizable=yes&#039;); return false;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/emailButton.png\" alt=\"Email\"\/>\t<\/a>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\tDetails<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tLast Updated: Sunday, 22 March 2026 01:57\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPublished: Sunday, 22 March 2026 07:00\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Auto Thief Causes Traffic Mess\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>March 22, 2026 \u2013 Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office officials report that at around 10:00 a.m. on Friday deputies attempted to make a traffic stop on a stolen Ford pickup.\u00a0 The suspect sped away at the intersection of First and Shaw Ave. in Fresno.\u00a0 The suspect erratically weaved through traffic, reaching up to 75 mph.\u00a0 Traffic eventually slowed for a red light at First and Bullard and that is where the suspect rammed into the back of a Subaru, which was stopped.\u00a0 The 38-year-old suspect got out and ran across the street.\u00a0 Deputies chased him on foot.\u00a0 Our EAGLE One helicopter assisted, guiding deputies to an area where they eventually caught the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>Traffic was tied up for more than two hours as Sheriff\u2019s Office personnel and Fresno Police processed the scene and arranged for the disabled vehicles to be towed away.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, Nicholas Lefall, faces charges of auto theft, evading police and resisting arrest.\u00a0 He is currently on probation as part of the state\u2019s Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS) program.\u00a0 This marks his 39th arrest in Fresno County, dating back to 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Although an arrest has been made, if you have additional information about this case, please contact the Sheriff\u2019s Office at (559) 600-3111 or Crime Stoppers at (559) 498-7867, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleycrimestoppers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">www.valleycrimestoppers.org<\/a>. \u00a0You will remain anonymous and may be eligible for a cash reward. Reference case #26-3167.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FCSO-crash.JPG\" alt=\"FCSO crash\"\/><br \/>View video <a href=\"https:\/\/fb.watch\/F_fq2OyB70\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<br \/>Source: Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Details Last Updated: Sunday, 22 March 2026 01:57 Published: Sunday, 22 March 2026 07:00 Auto Thief Causes Traffic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[105334,112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-232246","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-auto-thief-suspect-on-probation-arrested-after-pursuit-and-crash-in-fresno-video","9":"tag-fresno","10":"tag-fresno-headlines","11":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232246","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=232246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}