MADERA, Calif. \u2014 A Madera man was arrested Wednesday after deputies say he led them on a 100 mph pursuit through Fresno and nearly hit a pedestrian.<\/p>\n
The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office identified the driver as 25-year-old Lewis Alvarado of Madera.<\/p>\n
According to the sheriff’s office, a sheriff’s sergeant saw a blue 2003 Honda Accord traveling about 100 mph on Ashlan Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. Deputies said Alvarado nearly struck a pedestrian who was using a crosswalk before the sergeant attempted to stop the vehicle.<\/p>\n
Investigators said Alvarado refused to pull over, leading deputies on a pursuit that ended near Van Ness and Shields avenues, where he was taken into custody.<\/p>\n
The California Highway Patrol responded to conduct a DUI investigation. According to the sheriff’s office, CHP determined Alvarado’s blood alcohol level was over the legal limit.<\/p>\n
Alvarado was booked into the Fresno County Jail on suspicion of driving under the influence, evading a peace officer and driving on a license suspended for a prior DUI.<\/p>\n
Jail records show he later posted bond and was released. He is scheduled to appear in court at a later date.<\/p>\n
Anyone with additional information about the case is asked to contact the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office at 559-600-3111 or Valley Crime Stoppers at 559-498-STOP (7867). Anonymous tips may also be submitted online at www.valleycrimestoppers.org. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MADERA, Calif. \u2014 A Madera man was arrested Wednesday after deputies say he led them on a 100…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-410335","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\/410335","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=410335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}