Search under way in Encinitas for a man driving a stolen car
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Posted: 01/04/2013
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ENCINITAS, Calif. - A search is under way Friday for a man driving a stolen vehicle in Encinitas.
Police said they are looking for the driver of a red sedan, who led officers in a chase.
Officers conducted a traffic stop and the vehicle came up stolen.
The driver sped off and smashed the car into a metal fence on North Vulcan Avenue shortly before midnight.
The driver then jumped out of the vehicle and fled towards F Street.
Police set up a perimeter and searched for the man by air, but he was still at-large as of 4:50 a.m.
Police described the driver as white, in his late twenties with a shaved head and tattoos on his arm. He was wearing a multi-colored, T-shirt and jeans.
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