(KRON) — A Harmony resident allegedly fought with a Sonoma County deputy in a single day Friday after main them on a high-speed car pursuit and crashing right into a site visitors sign pole, in keeping with authorities.
A Sonoma County Sheriff’s Workplace (SCSO) deputy first noticed the suspect’s black Ford Focus at 3:18 a.m. rushing on Freeway 12 in Boyes Sizzling Springs. The deputy tried to drag over the automobile close to the Verano Avenue intersection, however the driver, later recognized as 26-year-old Kevin Marquis Onyejekwe, continued on, sparking a high-speed pursuit, the sheriff’s workplace stated.
Through the automobile chase, Onyejekwe “drove recklessly,” SCSO stated, and ran quite a few crimson lights. On the intersection of West Napa Road, the suspect crashed the automobile right into a site visitors sign pole and fled on foot.
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The pursuing deputy adopted Onyejekwe alongside West Napa Road towards downtown Sonoma for roughly 150 yards earlier than tackling him to the bottom. There, the sheriff’s workplace stated, the deputy and Onyejekwe fought for 2 minutes in a wrestle earlier than extra deputies arrived to make an arrest.
Inside Onyejekwe’s automobile, deputies stated they discovered a stolen, loaded Sig Sauer handgun together with ammunition of various calibers, psilocybin mushrooms, suspected cocaine and paraphernalia associated to promoting narcotics.
(Sonoma County Sheriff’s Workplace)
(Sonoma County Sheriff’s Workplace)
Onyejekwe was arrested and booked for the next prices:
Prohibited particular person in possession of a firearm
Prohibited particular person in possession of ammunition
Carrying a loaded firearm in public
Possession of narcotics on the market
Transportation of narcotics
Possession of narcotics whereas armed with a firearm
Possession of stolen property
Possession of narcotics
Fleeing the scene of a site visitors accident
Resisting arrest
Automobile pursuit
Bail was set at $30,000, SCSO stated. Authorities additionally decided that Onyejekwe had three excellent arrest warrants, together with one from San Jose and two from Pittsburg.
