FRESNO (KMJ) – It started at the Hanford Home Depot on Monday. Lemoore police responded to a shoplifting report, officers tracking down the getaway car driving westbound on State Route 198 at 19th Ave., the driver wouldn’t pull over and a 20-minute chase was on.
26-year-old Sean Frain of Visalia was driving, he finally stopped the car at 13th and Kent, Frain got out and ran away. Eventually police caught up to him, also in the car and arrested, 43-year old Heidi Brindle-Alvarez, 23-year-old Samantha Lovett, both of Visalia.
During this pursuit a Lemoore police officer was involved in a crash. He was taken to the hospital and later released with minor injuries.
Frain and Brindle-Alvarez were arrested and booked into the Kings County jail for a variety of felony charges as well as warrants out of Tulare County.