Napa Police Nab Suspect After Foot Pursuit Through Vineyard

UPDATE: 11:20 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013
The story below has been supplanted by the official report on the traffic incident today issued late this evening by California Highway Patrol spokeswoman Anna Paulson.

Please see the updated version of this incident by clicking on this link.


PREVIOUSLY 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013
A man was found hiding behind an air conditioner on a vineyard property and arrested by Napa Police after a foot pursuit through the vineyard.

California Highway Patrol Officer David Mosqueda said the incident started around 4 p.m. today on Highway 29 north of Yountville. Police were pursuing a man in a car but he crashed the car and took off on foot through a vineyard.

CHP assisted by closing off Silverado Trail until the suspect was apprehended at about 4:15 p.m. Mosqueda said.

He had no word on what offenses the man was suspected of committing or the person's ID.

Some drivers and bicyclists on Silverado Trail said they were turned back during the incident.