SANTA ROSA (KRON)– A vehicle pursuit occurred on Wednesday night following an arrest of a Santa Rosa man.
Xavier Olivarez, 22, of Santa Rosa, was arrested on outstanding charges. He had a warrant out for his arrest and was on suspicion of a
DUI, felony of evading a police officer in a vehicle, driving on a suspended license, violation of probation, and child endangerment.
At 8:08 p.m. Wednesday, a Santa Rosa police officer was patrolling the area of Sebastopol Road and Lombardi Lane when he saw a green Honda turn
onto Lombardi Road that proceeded to go above the speed limit.
The officer tried to pull over the Honda, but the driver sped up and ran a stop sign, then almost struck several parked vehicles, police said.
As the officer pursued the vehicle onto Campbell Drive and then onto Quintin Place, the driver stopped and fled on foot into a residential neighborhood, where he was later identified as Olivarez.
Inside the vehicle the officer located a female passenger and a small child. The two were later identified as Olivarez’s girlfriend and
child, according to police.