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Foresthill Schools Start Late Due To Manhunt In Area

FORESTHILL (CBS13) - The search for the suspects who ran away from a deputy in the Foresthill area continues Thursday morning.

The Placer County Sheriff's Office says a deputy had pulled over a car near Foresthill and Finning Mill roads a little after 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. Four men who were in the car took off running - including one who had been handcuffed.

Deputies say five guns were found in the suspects' car.

Early Thursday morning, deputies announced that one of the suspects had been arrested. The man, identified as 25-year-old Pedro Madrigal Otriz, was hiding in a ditch near Finning Mill Road, deputies say.

Authorities have identified the three other outstanding suspects as 26-year-old Ruben Villejas, 22-year-old Dimas Licea Ortiz and 20-year-old Jose Luis Licea Ortiz.

All the men are Mexican nationals, authorities say.

Officials say schools in the Foresthill area are starting later due to the search. Deputies and school resource officers will be at both Foresthill High School and middle school on Thursday.

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