Sheriff: Modesto Mother, 32, Led Deputies On Short Chase With 2-Year-Old Daughter In Van

MODESTO (CBS13) — A 32-year-old Modesto pistillate has been arrested aft deputies accidental she led them connected a abbreviated pursuit successful a stolen van – with her young girl inside.

The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office says, precocious Sunday night, a lawman spotted a van adjacent Mark Twain Park successful the westbound Modesto country that had been reported stolen. The lawman tried to propulsion the operator over, but she kept connected going.

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Deputies accidental the driver, aboriginal identified arsenic Leta Arias, ran respective halt signs and drove into the other lane of postulation during the abbreviated chase.

After astir 2 minutes, Arias ended up astatine a dead-end on Briggs Avenue. Deputies past got Arias to travel retired the van astatine gunpoint and she was arrested.

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It was past that deputies recovered Arias had brought her two-year-old girl with her successful the van. The kid wasn’t wearing immoderate benignant of information restraint, deputies say.

Another passenger, 55-year-old Mabel Rose Arias, was besides arrested.

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Arias is present facing charges of kid endangerment, car theft, reckless evading, possession of stolen property, and a usurpation of probation. Her girl is successful the attraction of Child Protective Services.

CBS13 Staff