By Loretta Kalb
lkalb@sacbee.com
A Sacramento County sheriff's deputy and a suspect each were injured Saturday night after a pursuit in which a sheriff's vehicle was rammed, the Twin Rivers Police Department reported today.
The chase began after officers, in the process of locking gates at Hamilton Street Park, approached a man in a vehicle in the park at Hamilton Street and Myrtle Avenue in Sacramento at 8:45 p.m. The occupant fled in his car.
The California Highway Patrol and the county Sheriff's Department joined the pursuit. At one point during the chase, the fleeing suspect rammed a sheriff's vehicle, Twin Rivers officials reported.
At the 4200 block of Main Street in Fair Oaks the suspect, identified as 40-year-old Jaime Santos, attempted to ram a second sheriff's vehicle and then crashed into a fence, suffering a cut to his head, Officer William Cho of the Twin Rivers department said.
During the struggle to apprehend Santos, a deputy injured his elbow. Officers used a Taser to subdue the suspect, according to Cho's report.
Santos' injuries were not life threatening, the report said. He was taken to a local hospital.
After his release from the hospital, he was going to be booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on suspicion of felony evasion of a peace officer, assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer, resisting arrest, illegal possession of prescription drugs, possession of a loaded firearm and violation of probation.
The Twin Rivers Police Department is under contract with the Arcade Creek Recreation and Park District to provide law enforcement services.
Call The Bee's Loretta Kalb, (916) 321-1073.
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