Last Updated on January 19, 2023 by C-CAR
A Chino police officer was slightly injured in a crash during a pursuit with a fleeing vehicle Tuesday morning.
A 43-year-old Chino woman was arrested in connection to the chase.
Just after 1:30 a.m., officers tried to pull over a car for vehicle code violations in the northwest portion of the city, according to Monica Gutierrez, spokeswoman for Chino.
The driver, later identified as Jacqueline Huey, led officers on a chase into Ontario, Gutierrez said.
During the pursuit, a Chino police officer was involved in a collision at the intersection of Cedar and Euclid avenues, she said. He was slighlty injured in the crash.
The pursuit was discontinued, and Ontario police officers were called to help find the fleeing vehicle.
Ontario police officers later found the vehicle Huey was allegedly driving abandoned near the intersection of Francis and Boulder avenues, she said.
Through an investigation, Chino officers went to a home in the 5400 block of Choctaw in Chino and found Huey inside. She was subsequently arrested on suspicion of evading officers and was booked at the West Valley Detention Center and is being held in lieu $100,000 bail.
