Pursuit that went through Newport and Laguna ends in Huntington Beach

Feb. 25, 2016 11:40 AM PT

Orange County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man Wednesday afternoon in Huntington Beach after a pursuit through at least five cities, including Newport Beach.

The suspect, Michael-Claud Jordan Salas, 23, of Lake Forest was taken into custody on Pacific Coast Highway near Beach Boulevard about 4 p.m.

The chase began in Lake Forest when deputies tried to pull over a pickup about 3:15 p.m. after it drove through the scene of an injury traffic collision that was being investigated, according to sheriff’s Lt. Mark Stichter.

The pickup took off, Stichter said, and authorities pursued it through Lake Forest, Irvine, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach and, finally, Huntington Beach.

At times, the truck traveled on the wrong side of the road and at a high speed, Stichter said.

Salas was arrested on suspicion of felony evading arrest and reckless driving, according to the Sheriff’s Department.

Staff writer Brittany Woolsey contributed to this report.

Bradley Zint

Bradley Zint left Times Community News in 2018. He was a general assignment reporter for the Daily Pilot, where he worked since 2010. At the Pilot, he also was a copy editor, classical music columnist and reporter covering Costa Mesa and Newport Beach. He previously worked in Hermosa Beach, Long Beach, Alaska and Massachusetts. He is a graduate of Cal State Long Beach, where he served as editor-in-chief of its campus newspaper, the Daily 49er.