Deputies find 2 young children in suspect's car after Sacramento chase, crash
SACRAMENTO – Authorities say a suspect led deputies on a chase in south Sacramento with his two young children in the car – a pursuit that ended in a crash.
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office says, Tuesday afternoon, deputies spotted a vehicle on Highway 99 with no license plates. Deputies tried to pull the suspect over, but the driver continued on.
With deputies in pursuit, the suspect – later identified as 28-year-old Xavier Torres – got off the freeway and drove into a neighborhood.
Just a couple minutes into the chase, deputies say the suspect crashed into a bystander's vehicle near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and 23rd Avenue. Deputies quickly took Torres into custody and discovered that he had his two-year-old and six-month-old children in the car the whole time.
MAN WITH STOLEN GUN AND COCAINE LEADS DEPUTIES ON A PURSUIT WITH HIS INFANT AND TODDLER IN THE CAR - BONDS OUT HOURS LATER
Yesterday afternoon at approximately 3:15 PM, Sheriff's Central Patrol and POP (Problem Oriented Policing) Deputies observed a vehicle with no license… pic.twitter.com/nW8oF1Y3h6
— Sacramento Sheriff (@sacsheriff) March 12, 2025
The children weren't hurt, the sheriff's office says, and the people who were in the other car struck suffered just minor injuries.
Deputies say they found a loaded handgun that had been reported stolen and a bindle of suspected cocaine in Torres' vehicle.
Torres was arrested and booked into Sacramento County Jail. He has since posted bond on his $75,000 bail, the sheriff's office says.
The children have been released to the custody of their mother, authorities say.
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