Wildomar Welfare Check Ends In Pursuit, DUI Arrest: Sheriff

LA CRESTA, CA — Deputies making a welfare check in Wildomar this week ended up in a vehicle pursuit into De Luz that ended in one man's DUI arrest, Riverside County Sheriff's Department reported.

"On Tuesday, shortly after 1:30 p.m., deputies were dispatched to the 22800 block of Palomar Street in Wildomar to check the welfare of a caller who was making incoherent statements," a spokesperson from the sheriff's department told Patch. The caller stated he was armed and was driving through Lake Elsinore.

"The Sheriff’s helicopter was dispatched, and they located the subject, who was standing outside his vehicle armed with a handgun in La Cresta," they said. "The helicopter directed deputies to where the subject was, but the subject fled in his vehicle when they attempted to contact him."

Deputies pursued the subject until he stopped in the area of De Luz Road, in the area of Tenaja Road and Via Volcano.

A resident shared over Facebook that there was "a large police presence" and a "guy in a white Corvette cornered on that road." He then drove off at a high speed toward Los Gatos, they said, which Riverside County Sheriff's Department officers later verified.

"Deputies attempted to negotiate with the subject, but he was uncooperative and was found to be under the influence of alcohol," they said. "The subject was arrested for obstruction, evading, and driving under the influence. His identity was not immediately released."