Less than two months since his arrest, a 19-year-old Grass Valley youth has been sentenced for leading law enforcement on a high-speed pursuit in a stolen car. Dakota Scarbrough has been sentenced to a year in jail and three years probation. Last month he reached a plea agreement, pleading to one felony charge of reckless evasion, as well as misdemeanor vehicle theft and carrying a concealed weapon. Nevada County District Attorney Cliff Newell says it was an appropriate outcome….

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Newell says Scarbrough may also be able to serve up to half of the jail sentence in drug treatment.

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Newell also cites Scarbrough’s lack of criminal history prior to the arrest. After he was taken into custody following the pursuit, which began on McCourtney Road, May seventh, a search of the vehicle revealed two AirSoft guns, a pellet and handgun, multiple tools linked to a Placer County burglary, a safe linked to a Nevada County burglary, as well as syringes loaded with methamphetamine, among other items.