2 arrested after pursuit leads to suspects in northern Arizona train robberies
PEACH SPRINGS, AZ (AZFamily) — Hualapai Nation Police say they’ve arrested two illegal immigrants suspected of being involved in train robberies after they were led on an overnight chase along an Northern Arizona highway.
According to authorities, officers conducted a traffic stop around 2:40 a.m. Thursday on a maroon Chevy Tahoe that had been linked to the robberies. Once police pulled the vehicle over, eight people had run away, and the driver, identified as a man from Mexico, was detained. During the stop, police said they located evidence of stolen property, Nike shoes, near the vehicle.
Investigators say then, a white Toyota 4Runner was pulled over near mile marker 95 on Route 66, near Hackberry, for failing to yield to emergency vehicles. During that stop, a sergeant and patrol officer approached the SUV and reportedly saw signs of criminal activity and more evidence of being linked to the train robberies.
The sergeant asked the driver to step out of the vehicle, and while she initially complied, police said she got back on the wheel, hit the patrol officer, and then sped away. That officer wasn’t hurt, but it prompted Hualapai Nation officers to initiate a pursuit.
The pursuit lasted about 80 miles and finished near the Arizona-California state line, where the suspects’ vehicle reportedly lost control in a construction zone and crashed into a guardrail, causing the driver to be thrown out of the car.
The driver was taken to a hospital in Mohave Valley for treatment before she and the passenger, identified only as a man, were booked into the Mohave County jail for the crime. Police say both of them were in the U.S. illegally and that charges include unlawful flight and aggravated assault on an officer.
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