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Madera Co. sheriff seeking driver of car that vandalized store

- The Fresno Bee

Monday, Mar. 11, 2013 | 09:07 PM

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Madera County sheriff's deputies are looking for the driver of a stolen car that rammed into the front of a convenience store in Madera County last week.

Surveillance video captured the Chrysler ramming into the front door of the Twenty Two Mile store at 4 a.m. Friday, smashing the glass door but leaving without taking anything.

On Saturday, deputies spotted the stolen car at 4 a.m. near Cleveland and Tulare avenues. The car took off, leading deputies in a chase that ended when the car stopped in a Madera alley.

Deputies arrested the three passengers from Madera, but the driver, identified as 23-year-old Abel Andrew Ramos of Madera, fled.

The passengers -- a 39-year-old woman and two men, ages 32 and 37 -- were booked into Madera County jail.

Ramos is described as 5-foot-5 inches tall, weighing about 165 pounds with brown eyes, black hair and a number of tattoos on his chest and arms, including "Victoria" tattooed in his right arm.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Madera County Sheriff's Office at (559) 675-5770 or CrimeStoppers at 498-STOP(7867).


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