There was a fairly lengthy and wild DUI pursuit that started in Grass Valley and ended in the south county, before the driver was arrested. Police Sergeant Brian Blakemore says 44-year-old Justin Lavis of Concord had reportedly driven over the roundabout at East Main Street and Idaho Maryland Road late Sunday night. That included striking a monument that was not damaged. When officers arrived they found Lavis parked at the nearby Chevron station. But when they approached, he drove off, heading southbound on Highway 49…

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Blakemore says Lavis displayed such drunk driving behavior as crossing over double-yellow lines and varied speeds, at 40 to 60 miles an hour. He eventually pulled over on Joey Court in Alta Sierra before getting out and running toward a home that he apparently believed belonged to his parents. But it was the wrong home…

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Blakemore described Lavis as uncooperative and combative. He also suffered some puncture wounds, since the K-9 unit also had to be brought in.