By Kim Minugh
kminugh@sacbee.com
Sacramento police have arrested a 24-year-old woman after she led officers on a 15-minute pursuit that reached speeds of 80 miles an hour, a police spokesman said.
The chase began this afternoon in Oak Park, when an officer ran the license plates of the car she was driving and realized it was stolen, said police spokesman Sgt. Norm Leong.
The woman - later identified as Gina Miranda, a parolee at large - did not yield when the officer tried to pull her over, and instead fled, Leong said. She took officers on a chase into Land Park, up Land Park Drive and into midtown, he said.
Police laid down a tack strip to stop the car, but only one tire was damaged, Leong said. It slowed the car down, but the driver continued on.
Officers were preparing to use a "patrol intervention technique" when the driver stopped in the middle of the road in the area of V and 15th streets, Leong said. She ran into an apartment where she had friends and family, he said.
Police K9 "Buck" apprehended her. The K9 bit a man in the apartment, Leong said.
The man will not be arrested, Leong said.
Miranda was arrested and booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on suspicion of evading police, car theft, receiving stolen property, possession of a controlled substance and resisting police, according to booking records. She also is being held on a parole violation charge, which makes her ineligible for bail.
At one point during the pursuit, a patrol car received minor damage when it went up on a small embankment, but nobody was injured, Leong said.
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