MESA, Ariz. — A suspect is in custody after a vehicle chase led to a crash, which led to the desert, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
DPS says troopers began the pursuit of the suspect vehicle at 1:57 PM when it failed to yield after a trooper attempted to pull it over for a registration issue northbound along State Route 24 near Ellsworth Road.
The suspect then crashed the vehicle near Elliot Road and then fled the scene on foot into the desert, DPS says.
Troopers arrested the suspect not long after at 2:11 p.m.
Court documents identified the suspect as Silveztre Sanchez Barraza, 23.
DPS said Barrazza did not crash into any other vehicles during the pursuit.
He faces a felony count of unlawful flight from law enforcement and misdemeanor charges of reckless driving and failure to obey a police officer.
