{"id":98891,"date":"2025-12-17T23:17:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/98891\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T23:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:17:07","slug":"homicide-suspect-arrested-after-high-speed-chase-from-merced-county-to-fresno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/98891\/","title":{"rendered":"Homicide suspect arrested after high-speed chase from Merced County to Fresno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (FOX26)  \u2014 A high-speed chase involving a homicide suspect ended with an arrest on Highway 99 in Fresno. <\/p>\n<p>The pursuit, initiated by the Merced County Sheriff&#8217;s Department and involving multiple agencies, began near Le Grand and extended into Fresno County. <\/p>\n<p>The suspect, wanted by Dos Palos police, led officers on a dangerous chase, reaching speeds of up to 120 mph.<\/p>\n<p>The chase took a dramatic turn when the suspect, driving a white BMW, lost a front tire after officers spiked the vehicle twice. <\/p>\n<p>Despite slowing to a crawl and eventually stopping, the suspect did not surrender immediately. <\/p>\n<p>A K9 officer was deployed, leading to the suspect&#8217;s arrest. <\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>During negotiations, the suspect reportedly expressed a desire to &#8220;smoke one more joint&#8221; before being taken into custody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A high-speed chase involving a homicide suspect ended with an arrest on Highway&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-98891","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98891","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=98891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}