Suspected DUI Driver Gives Chase

Crime blotter information provided by the Sierra Madre Police Department.

Monday, May 13, 2013

At 1 a.m. on May 13, Sierra Madre police officers observed a traffic violation at Baldwin Avenue and Sierra Madre Boulevard and attempted to make a traffic stop.  The driver of the vehicle continued west on Sierra Madre Boulevard travelling at approximately 50 miles per hour. The vehicle travelled through the stop sign at Lima Avenue and Sierra Madre Boulevard without making any visible attempt to slow or stop and continued westbound.  The officers activated their emergency lights in an attempt to stop the vehicle but it continued west, failing to stop for the stop sign at Sunnyside Avenue.  After passing Michillinda Avenue, the vehicle pulled to the curb.  Immediately upon contacting the driver, the officers detected the odor of alcohol and noted that he seemed intoxicated. The driver failed to a field sobriety test and refused to provide a blood or breath sample. He was booked for DUI at Pasadena Jail.

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