Woman Arrested in Mutliple-City Burglaries to Stand Trial

A woman who led police on a high-speed chase that ended with her car dangling 10 feet off the ground will stand trial for dealing in stolen property and felony reckless evasion of a peace officer.

After hearing from three prosecution witnesses in a preliminary hearing yesterday, a San Mateo County Superior Court judge ruled there was ample evidence to try Danielle Renee (Gonzalez) Lateur, 20, on the charges.

On May 10, police spotted car matching the description of one at the scene of a Hillsdale-area auto burglary driving away from the scene, a prosecution report says. Lateur, the alleged driver, fled from officers, eventually crashing into a tree, then into a house on Bayview Drive, the car wedging between two driveways 10 feet in the air.

Arresting officers say they found multiple flashlights, gloves, dark hooded sweatshirts and some 125 items reported stolen from multiple cities in the car. They also found alleged accomplice Travis John Castellanos, 22,in the back seat. The case involved Belmont, Hillsborough and San Carlos police departments and the San Mateo County Sheriff.

Lateur will be arraigned on the charges Aug. 17.

She remains in custody on $75,000 bail. Castellanos is in custody in another county on other charges and has not made a court appearance on this case as yet.