California fugitive arrested after leading cops on chase

Tuesday, July 27, 1999 | 12:31 p.m.

The pursuit began around 10:30 p.m. Monday when an officer noticed Alfred Gomes in a vehicle outside the Pony Express Lodge on Prater Way.

Police said Gomes, 50, is wanted on a parole violation in California. He refused to surrender and rammed the officer's patrol car with his vehicle before fleeing the scene, police said.

A chase ensued, and at times reached speeds estimated at 100 mph, police said.

Gomes was arrested about 16 minutes later after crashing his car through a fence at a home on Susilene Drive in Reno. He then fled on foot but was quickly chased down by officers, police said.

Sparks police said the California warrant stems from a parole violation on an original charge of attempted murder.

Gomes was booked into the Washoe County Jail on charges of felony eluding and battery with a deadly weapon on an officer.

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