Motorcyclist Arrested After High-Speed Chase
A Van Nuys motorcyclist was arrested Monday evening after leading California Highway Patrol officers on a chase at speeds over 100 m.p.h., police said.
Shane Flaxman, 26, was arrested on suspicion of reckless driving and evading arrest at the conclusion of the 45-minute chase, said CHP Sgt. Ted Brummett.
The chase began on the Ventura Freeway near Ventu Park Road exit where Ventura County sheriff’s deputies spotting a motorcycle traveling north at more than 100 m.p.h.
A sheriff’s car began pursuit and was joined by two CHP officers on motorcycles.
Sheriff’s deputies and CHP officers temporarily lost sight of the motorcycle when it left the freeway at Seaward Avenue in Ventura, but then resumed the chase five minutes later when the motorcycle ventured back onto the freeway headed toward Santa Barbara, Brummett said.
The chase ended in Summerland when the motorcycle left the freeway because the cyclist said he ran out of gas.
Late Monday, Flaxman was being held in Santa Barbara County Jail in lieu of a $540 bond, a jail official said.
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