A suspected hit-and-run driver was arrested Saturday night after leading officers on a short chase, hitting other vehicles and then running away and fighting with officers, the Folsom Police Department said.Officers stopped the SUV pulling a trailer around 9 p.m. because the vehicle matched the description of a hit-and-run vehicle 15 minutes earlier.Police said the driver, identified as 50-year-old Jimmy Buckley, gave officers a false name and sped off, leading officers on a chase that was just under a mile long. Buckley struck an uninvolved vehicle as he tried to turn onto Wales and Natoma streets, police said. He then drove head-on into a police vehicle that was stopped in the oncoming lanes. He struck another police vehicle as he tried to accelerate away, police said.| More California News Below | Driver trapped on SoCal cliff for 5 days is rescuedHe then left the road and hit a light pole, which is when the SUV was disabled, police said. Folsom police said Buckley ran away afterward, leading officers on a foot chase before he began physically fighting with officers as they took him into custody. Buckley and one of the officers had minor injuries after the incident. Police later learned the SUV was stolen but had not been reported yet, and found that Buckley was on probation and had a felony arrest warrant outstanding.| More California News Below | Iconic Mission Peak pole in the Bay Area is vandalized
A suspected hit-and-run driver was arrested Saturday night after leading officers on a short chase, hitting other vehicles and then running away and fighting with officers, the Folsom Police Department said.
Officers stopped the SUV pulling a trailer around 9 p.m. because the vehicle matched the description of a hit-and-run vehicle 15 minutes earlier.
Police said the driver, identified as 50-year-old Jimmy Buckley, gave officers a false name and sped off, leading officers on a chase that was just under a mile long.
Buckley struck an uninvolved vehicle as he tried to turn onto Wales and Natoma streets, police said. He then drove head-on into a police vehicle that was stopped in the oncoming lanes. He struck another police vehicle as he tried to accelerate away, police said.
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He then left the road and hit a light pole, which is when the SUV was disabled, police said.
Folsom police said Buckley ran away afterward, leading officers on a foot chase before he began physically fighting with officers as they took him into custody.
Buckley and one of the officers had minor injuries after the incident.
Police later learned the SUV was stolen but had not been reported yet, and found that Buckley was on probation and had a felony arrest warrant outstanding.
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