Posted on 06/22/2026 4:36:51 PM PDT by Red Badger
ALERT: Homeless man steals a cop car and leads police on an over 40-mile car chase.
Sacramento police said officers received a call about a 28-year-old homeless man, Isaac Paval, throwing a tire at a woman's car before chasing her with a big stick.
Police then tried to detain Paval, who was shirtless, and after several attempts, Paval managed to get into a patrol vehicle and took off.
California Highway Patrol took over the pursuit, and after ramming the back of the car, Paval motions his hands out of the window, slows the vehicle to a stop, and exits the car, lying on the ground.
Paval allegedly gained access to a firearm in the patrol car and fired a shot at the police, though no one was hit.
Paval, who is on pretrial probation for a DUI, was arrested and is being held for multiple felony charges.
VIDEO AT LINK.....................
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Rodney King & cameras may have saved that guy a beatdown.
don’t they have helicopters?
They use drones now................
Gee whiz, back in the 60s, new local UHF NBC affiliate told us to “Lock it and pocket”. Didn’t anyone tell these cops not to leave the keys in the ignition?
40 miles?
They didn’t want to wreck the vehicle...........😆
Heck they leave it running most of the time with the AC on!...........
The sister of one of my daughter’s classmates in HS stole a deputy’s patrol car and managed to drive it 30 miles before they stopped her. AND SHE HAD HANDCUFFS ON!.............
No longer homeless.
People must’ve been reminded of the OJ chase.
He started out with a routine report of vandalism and buried himself in a cascade of felonies.
“AND SHE HAD HANDCUFFS ON!.............”
Wuz she totally cute?
The infamous O.J. Simpson police chase occurred on June 17, 1994..............
Yes but they had her hancuffed behind her back as per SOP, but she was limber enough to get her arms around under her legs and kicked out the screen between the from and back seat.
This was 25 or 30 years ago when they still used sedans. They are all SUVs now...........
more fun than the recreation program in jail?
He won’t have to worry about that DUI now.............
That video doesn’t show the lead-up to the stolen patrol car. He tried to open another car first, but it was locked. The guy was running around acting like a lunatic and the cops were just strolling behind him. Textbook de-escalation.
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