El Monte man jailed after high-speed pursuit
EL MONTE -- Authorities jailed a man Wednesday after he allegedly led them on a high-speed chase in a stolen car, officials said.
Christopher Urquilla, 28, of El Monte was booked on suspicion of auto theft and felony evading, California Highway Patrol officer Louis Borunda said.
The incident began just after 3 p.m. when a California Highway Patrol officer spotted a Honda Accord that been reported stolen out of Monterey Park Tuesday heading southbound 605 Freeway near the 10 Freeway, the officer said.
Urquilla initially stopped when a CHP officer pulled him over, Borunda said, but then accelerated away.
Officers chased the car down the westbound 10 Freeway before exiting on Durfee Avenue and continuing through residential neighborhoods at speeds up to 90 mph, officials said.
Borunda said Urquilla ditched the car in the 3600 block of Gilman Road and fled on foot, but CHP and El Monte police officers found him hiding in the carport of a nearby apartment complex and arrested him without further incident.
A woman riding as a passenger in the car also ran away and was not found, he added.
According to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department booking records, Urquilla is being held at the sheriff's Industry Station jail in lieu of $120,000 bail. He is due for arraignment in El Monte Superior Court Monday.
Christopher Urquilla, 28, of El Monte was booked on suspicion of auto theft and felony evading, California Highway Patrol officer Louis Borunda said.
The incident began just after 3 p.m. when a California Highway Patrol officer spotted a Honda Accord that been reported stolen out of Monterey Park Tuesday heading southbound 605 Freeway near the 10 Freeway, the officer said.
Urquilla initially stopped when a CHP officer pulled him over, Borunda said, but then accelerated away.
Officers chased the car down the westbound 10 Freeway before exiting on Durfee Avenue and continuing through residential neighborhoods at speeds up to 90 mph, officials said.
Borunda said Urquilla ditched the car in the 3600 block of Gilman Road and fled on foot, but CHP and El Monte police officers found him hiding in the carport of a nearby apartment complex and arrested him without further incident.
A woman riding as a passenger in the car also ran away and was not found, he added.
According to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department booking records, Urquilla is being held at the sheriff's Industry Station jail in lieu of $120,000 bail. He is due for arraignment in El Monte Superior Court Monday.
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