HAPPY VALLEY, Calif. - A Redding man was taken into custody by the Shasta County Sheriff's Office on Monday night after leading deputies on a pursuit.

Authorities say that at around 11:21 p.m. on Monday, deputies with the Shasta County Sheriff's Office initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle traveling in the area of Canyon Road and Happy Valley Road for a mechanical violation.

The driver, identified as 33-year-old Andrew James Duenas from Redding, did not yield, leading deputies on a slow-speed pursuit.

The Shasta County Sheriff's Office says that during the pursuit, Duenas swerved out of his lane and ignored a stop sign. The pursuit came to an end in the area of Hawthorne Road and Oak Street.

After the pursuit ended, Duenas was uncooperative with deputies. Authorities say that despite

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