by Karena Infante-Ysit
SUSPECT: Jackson Wright, 25, of Redding (Redding Police Department)
REDDING, Calif. — Early Sunday morning,
officers from the Redding Police Department (RPD) arrested a man for
stealing his grandmother's car and evading arrest.
According to RPD, late Saturday night around 11 p.m., officers responded to a disturbance call in the area of Sutterwood Drive. When they arrived, officers say they saw a newer model Honda driving away without its lights on.
Officers tried to pull the Honda over, but the driver -later identified as Jackson Wright, 25, of Redding- took off at high speed going Northbound on Victor Ave.
Instead of chasing him, RPD says the officers canceled the pursuit because of the potential risk to public safety on the city streets.
Later on, in the early hours of Sunday morning just before 2:30 a.m., officers say they received information that Wright had returned to his grandmother's home.
When they arrived at the house, officers say Wright attempted to flee out of the back but was stopped before he was able to. Wright was arrested without further incident. According to RPD, Wright admitted to stealing his grandmother's car as well as evading officers.
Wright was booked into the Shasta County Jail on several charges including theft of a vehicle and elder abuse, as well as felony evading in a vehicle.
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