A brief car chase around the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino just after midnight early Monday morning led to the arrest of two adults and a juvenile that were all reportedly under the influence of alcohol, according to Kings County Sheriff's Department officials.

Hotel security called sheriff's deputies to the scene when they noticed two vehicles driving recklessly and chasing one another around the casino parking lot at 12:01 a.m. When a deputy attempted to detain the vehicles by flashing his patrol car emergency lights and sounding the siren, the vehicles fled the scene.

Deputy Scott Ward was able to pursue only one of the vehicles, which finally stopped in the 16500 block of Saltgrass Street on the Santa Rosa Rancheria. Once parked in a residential driveway, all four passengers reportedly tried to flee the scene, including the 15-year-old, who apparently jumped through an open window of the residence to escape.

Delbert Ramirez, 19, and the 15-year-old girl were both arrested on a charge of public intoxication, while driver, Margo Resendez, 18, was charged with failure to yield, child endangerment, driving under the influence and being an unlicensed driver. All three were booked into the Kings County Jail and the Juvenile Detention Facility, respectively. Resendez was being held in lieu of $65,000 bail.

The final passenger, Theodore Ramirez, was also detained, but was later be released at the scene.

Delbert Ramirez was also arrested on burglary charges stemming from an unrelated investigation.

All four of the vehicle occupants are allegedly Lemoore residents.

(April 1, 2008)