Crime & Safety
Pair Involved in Downtown Police Chase Due in Court
Carlos Caballero Sanchez and Robert William Allen are scheduled to be arraigned Thursday.
are scheduled to appear in court Thursday.
Court records show Carlos Caballero Sanchez and Robert William Allen, both of Livermore, are scheduled to be arraigned at 1:30 p.m. in Department 701 of the Gale-Schenone Hall of Justice in Pleasanton.
Sanchez, 28, faces charges of driving a stolen vehicle, hit-and-run, resisting arrest and evading police, according to police and court records. He is currently being held at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin in lieu of $155,000 bail.
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Allen, 25, was a passenger in the stolen vehicle and faces a charge of resisting arrest, according to court records. He also is being held at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin in lieu of a $5,000 bail.
An officer during Monday's lunch hour spotted the pair inside the stolen vehicle on First Street in the downtown area, Officer Steve Goard said.
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The officer attempted to stop the car — reported stolen out of Livermore about an hour earlier — but the vehicle ignored the officer's lights and sirens and fled the area, Goard said.
Witnesses said the car was seen running red lights, ignoring stop signs and dodging cars.
The officer who attemped to stop the stolen car backed off a bit during the pursuit due to the heavy-populated downtown area at that time of day, Goard said.
The brief pursuit ended when the car crashed into a parked truck after attempting to turn onto Linden Street from North Livermore Avenue.
Both Sanchez and Allen then ran from the scene in opposite directions, but were detained by officers nearby.
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