Last Updated on January 15, 2023 by CCAR Staff
WEST COVINA – A man in a stolen car led police on a pursuit Wednesday that wound through side streets and freeways before it ended with the car hitting a pole in Ontario.
West Covina Police spokesman Rudy Lopez said Andrew Escobedo, 19, of West Covina was arrested on suspicion of grand theft auto and failure to yield.
Lopez said police detected a Lojack signal in the area of Azusa and Cameron avenues around 8:30 a.m. Police located the stolen car but the driver didn’t stop.
Lopez said the suspect went on the 10 Freeway, got off in Pomona then returned back on the 10 Freeway. He then headed to the 15 Freeway, before getting on the 60 Freeway and exited at Haven Avenue in Ontario. Lopez said the suspect crashed into a pole at Haven Avenue and Riverside Drive, abandoned the car and ran. Officers caught him.
The car, a 2015 Mazda MX3, was reported stolen Wednesday to Ontario Police, according to Lopez.
Escobedo is being held at West Covina jail on $75,000 bail. He will be arraigned Friday at West Covina Superior Court.
