Crime & Safety
Driver In Valley-To-Hollywood Chase That Ended At 'Walk Of Fame' Sentenced
The 24-year-old pleaded no contest to the high-speed pursuit that ended with arrest at tourist-filled Hollywood & Highland intersection.
HOLLYWOOD, CA – A San Bernardino County man who led police on a high- speed chase that ended with his arrest at a tourist-filled intersection in Hollywood was sentenced Thursday to three years in state prison.
Tony Carl Calloway Jr., 24, of Rancho Cucamonga, pleaded no contest to one felony count of fleeing a pursuing peace officer's motor vehicle while driving recklessly, according to Deputy District Attorney Robert DuFour.
Calloway was spotted March 9 on the Ventura (101) Freeway near Parkway Calabasas driving a car that had been reported stolen in Colton, the prosecutor said.
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Police chased Calloway for about an hour, using spike strips to try to disable the vehicle.
The chase ended at Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, where Calloway lit a cigarette and refused orders to exit the vehicle before eventually being arrested by Los Angeles police, DuFour said.
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