Chronic car chase participant

Danny Tse

From the San Francisco Bay Area

Fremont -- A parolee who was a passenger in a stolen truck during a lengthy chase through the East Bay earlier this month was himself arrested early today after leading Fremont police on a much shorter pursuit, authorities said.

Darlington failed to negotiate a right turn from southbound Fremont Boulevard to westbound Ferry Lane and crashed into a wooden power pole less than a mile from where the chase began, Veteran said.

Darlington and two passengers were injured in the crash and were taken to a local hospital. Darlington was being held on suspicion of auto theft, evading arrest, felony hit-and-run, felony driving under the influence and drug possession.

On April 14, Darlington was riding with parolee Steven Scott Peterson, 47, in a stolen box truck, Peterson led Fremont police, California Highway Patrol officers and a CHP helicopter on a 90-minute chase through the East Bay, authorities said.

That pursuit ended about 11:15 p.m. when officers deployed a spike strip on Interstate 80 near Gilman Street in Berkeley, which flattened the truck's right front tire.