[ad_1]
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — A man has been arrested in connection with a chase that led to an hours-long standoff in Raleigh.
Raleigh Police said Wednesday afternoon that officers attempted to detain a person in connection with an earlier assault on an officer in the 400 block of Solar Drive.
As officers approached the person, they ran away and stole a pickup truck, leading officers on a chase. During the chase, police said the person hit another vehicle at Yonkers Road and Raleigh Boulevard.
WATCH: RPD gives update after suspect arrested
The incident ended with the arrest of a barricaded man on Bashford Road in Raleigh.
Authorities said the chase continued and ended on Corporate Drive, where the person ran from the vehicle on foot toward Bashford Road.
No injuries were reported in the crash.
Stay on top of breaking news stories with the ABC11 News App
Police said 21-year-old Elmer Bautista Candela was taken into custody at a home in the 100 block of Bashford Road. Other people were in the home, but none of those occupants were injured or arrested, police said. Those people were being questioned, and their relationship to Candela was not yet known.
Police said they believe that he is responsible for an incident that happened on Aug. 16, where a person “rammed a police vehicle with a pickup truck, and fled the scene” on Thistlebrook Court.
Candela was wanted for outstanding warrants for assault by strangulation, injury to personal property, and attempted larceny.
Tracking crime and safety across Raleigh, Durham and your neighborhood
Additional charges will be filed, RPD said.
The Wake County Sheriff’s Office and the North Carolina State Highway Patrol assisted RPD with this incident.
ABC11’s DeJuan Hoggard contributed.
Copyright © 2025 WTVD-TV. All Rights Reserved.
[ad_2]
WTVD
Source link