Bee Staff
A Vallejo man is being held in Placer County jail without bail after he allegedly led Roseville Police officers on high-speed chase, only stopping after a tire was shredded by a spike strip.
Here's how a news release from the Roseville Police Departments lays out the chain of events:
At 3:10 a.m. Tuesday, a Roseville Police officer tried to make a traffic stop on Foothills Boulevard near Baseline Road. The driver of the vehicle, a 1995 Honda Civic, instead sped off and led officers on a 13- minute pursuit on Roseville surface streets.
The suspect vehicle traveled at high speeds and at times traveled in opposing lanes of traffic. An officer deployed a spike strip on Atlantic Street near Eggleston, and the suspect vehicle went over it, shredding one tire.
The driver continued on three tires, finally yielding at Riverside and Cirby, and was taken into custody. According to the Vallejo Police Department, the Honda had been reported stolen from the parking lot of Sutter Solano Hospital in Vallejo.
The alleged driver, Matthew Ray Coble, 28, of Vallejo, was arrested on suspicion of evading a police officer with reckless disregard for public safety, vehicle theft, conspiracy, possession of burglar's tools, being under the influence of a controlled substance, driving under the influence of drugs, a drug addict driving a vehicle, and parole violation, the release states.
He is being held without bail in the Placer County Jail.
His alleged passenger, Tiffany Louise Mount, 25, of Vallejo, was arrested on suspicion of possession of stolen property, possession of burglar's tools, and conspiracy, the release states. She was released from the Placer County Jail the next day on a promise to appear, the release states.
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