A driver with suspected controlled substances in his car is alleged to have led deputies on a six-mile chase through Twentynine Palms.
On Monday (April 26) just after midnight, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies say they attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle with a broken license plate light near the intersection of Sunnyslope Drive and Alpine Trail in Twentynine Palms. Deputies say that the driver of the vehicle, whom they identified as Christopher Hansen, 33, failed to yield and led a pursuit that covered six miles.
Deputies say that Hansen drove at a high rate of speed through a residential neighborhood, ran several stop signs, and drove into oncoming traffic. They say he eventually stopped the car and attempted to flee on foot before he was taken into custody, where he admitted to being the driver of the vehicle and was found to be in possession of suspected methamphetamine. Hansen has an active warrant for a charge related to possession of controlled substances.
Christopher Hansen was arrested on suspicion of several charges of evading law enforcement with disregard for safety and possession of a controlled substance and is being held at the West Valley Detention Center on $30,000 bail.
