Man arrested after chasing stolen vehicle through orchard

LOS BANOS, Calif. (FOX26) — Los Banos Police Department, Los Banos Police Department says a man who followed police was arrested in Los Banos on a theft charge.

According to LBPD, around 8:40 Thursday night, officers received a report of a stolen vehicle and a burglary at a shed in the 300 Block of I Street.

A short time later, officers received a report of shots fired in the area of ​​South 11th Street and Pioneer.

An officer saw a suspicious pickup truck driving on the shoulder of Pioneer Road.

Police said the pickup backfired, resulting in the noise of shots fired.

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When the officer attempted to stop the pickup truck, the driver continued to drive away at high speeds and into an orchard.

The pickup truck then crashed into a tree in the orchard, and the driver then got out of the vehicle and continued to flee.

The police continued to chase the man until they caught him.

The man is 42-year-old Abel Salinas Jr. of Los Banos. It was determined that .

The police determined that the pickup truck was a stolen vehicle upon the notice of the police teams.

Salinas was booked at the Police Department on charges of vehicle theft, theft and possession of stolen goods.