A former NASCAR racer was arrested Monday on an attempted-rape charge less than two weeks after he was jailed for leading officers on a nearly 50-mile, high-speed chase.
James Neal, 56, of San Clemente, was picked up by deputies less than five hours after being released from Orange County Jail, said Jim Amormino, an Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokesman.
On May 18, Neal was sentenced to one month in jail and three years probation after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor evasion while driving recklessly charge, just one day after driving up to 140 mph into San Diego County. Officers caught up with Neal when his engine blew out.
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