SANTA ROSA (KRON) — Four of five known Norteno gang participants were arrested late Wednesday night in Santa Rosa.
Shortly before midnight, officers conducted a traffic stop when the driver of the vehicle failed to stop at a stop sign on Bicentennial Way at Ventura Avenue.
One of the passengers in the vehicle, later identified as Chase Galitello-Hawkins, 19, ran towards Kaiser Hospital after the vehicle was stopped. He was apprehended and taken into custody for an outstanding warrant for vandalism and on suspicion of fleeing, according to police.
A short pursuit ensued on southbound U.S. Highway 101, the suspected vehicle reached speeds of 90 mph, before exiting and stopping at Davis Road.
The driver, identified as Ryan Garcia, 26, was taken into custody without incident, police said. Garcia was booked on suspicion of felony reckless evading.
In addition to Garcia and Galitello-Hawkins, there were three additional passengers in the vehicle, identified as Jessie Anguiano, 19, Alfonso McCloud, 24, and a 16-year-old Santa Rosa resident.
Police allege that all of the subjects in the vehicle are active Norteno gang participants.
Three of the five subjects, Garcia, Galitello-Hawkins, and McCloud, were arrested and booked into the Main Adult Detention Facility.
McCloud was booked for violating his gang term probation.
The 16-year-old was booked into Los Guilicos Juvenile Hall for violating his gang term probation.
Anguiano was released without being charged.Bay City News contributed to this report.