Chase ends in crash near campus

By Christopher Livingston

Jan 29, 2014

One suspect was outstanding Tuesday night after a car chase ended on the front lawn of a home near Fresno State, Fresno police reported.

Fresno Police Department officers talk with a man and woman who had a car careen onto their lawn after two suspect crashed during a chase. *Matt Vieira/ The Collegian*

The chase broke out near Barstow and Chestnut avenues when a Valley Crime Stoppers tip notified police of the suspects’ whereabouts. The caller saw the two suspects, April Alaniz and Lupe Nieto, in a 2005 Suzuki Forenza, Fresno Police Lt. Mike Doyle said.

The suspects wrecked the car in the front yard of a home on the corner of East Santa Ana and North Bonadelle avenues. Alaniz and Nieto then fled the scene, jumped fences and broke into a home, Doyle said. Neither suspect was armed, and the occupants of the home were startled, but not hurt, he said.

Officers found Alaniz, but were still searching for Nieto with the assistance of a helicopter at 8:15 p.m.

Both Alaniz and Nieto had narcotics warrants. Alaniz was on parole and also had a warrant for gun violations.

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