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CLOVIS — A man driving a white Chevrolet Cavalier on Jan. 30 led police on a 3-mile pursuit through Clovis’ streets. The unidentified man ran through eight stop signs and two red lights before crashing into another vehicle and escaping, according to a Clovis police report released Monday.
No one was seriously injured in the incident. A man who exited the Cavalier at the crash site told police he knew the driver and had asked him to stop about six times before he was able to jump out of the car.
The man driving the other car involved in the crash told police he did not need medical attention.
The police report, released following an Inspection of Public Records Act request from The Eastern New Mexico News, redacted the suspect’s name but said he possibly had five active warrants out for his arrest. The suspect is about 23 years old, 5-foot-8 inches tall and 175 pounds, the report shows.
Clovis police began pursuing the Cavalier at 14th and Thornton streets after learning the vehicle, which had no license plate, had fled from State Police two previous times on Jan. 30.
The report does not indicate how long the pursuit lasted, but stated it covered 2.84 miles. The pursuit ended when the Cavalier ran the red light at 21st and Mitchell streets where the crash occurred.
“The vehicle then proceeded to drive east bound on 21st St.,” the report stated.
The man who jumped out of the Cavalier told police he did not know where the suspect lived.
