Sirens blared, engines roared and police sped down U.S. Highway 101 Sunday night chasing a Chevy pickup following a burglary in Brookings.

The next day police had their hands full with another suspect in the case who bashed out the rear windshield of a cop car after being arrested.

When things settled, Curry County deputies announced they'd solved a string of major burglaries reported over five days.

Deputies are still investigating one burglary that involves more than $100,000 in stolen jewelry and other property, a high-speed chase spanning two states and arrests of a registered predatory sex offender and the victims' daughter.

Phyllis Speir called dispatchers Sunday night to report the burglary at her home on Thompson Road in the Brookings area.

Police soon were chasing a 1993 Chevy pickup thought to be involved in the burglary to the California border. The vehicle repeatedly swerved into the northbound lanes of Highway 101 and exceeded 100 mph, a press release said. The occupants also tossed parts of a gun and bags of drugs out windows as they went.

California Highway Patrol officers picked up the chase and eventually stopped the truck, using spike strips, about 12 miles south of Crescent City, Calif. They arrested the driver, Drake Bettinger, 35, of Brookings, on charges of evading police and driving without a license. He's being held this morning in Del Norte County, Calif., jail on those charges as well as a Curry County warrant on burglary, theft and drug charges. Two other passengers in the pickup were detained, but later released, a Curry County press release said.

Meanwhile, Oregon State Police arrested two more subjects in the case Monday, though not without some difficulty.

Troopers apprehended Daniel N. Matlock, a 30-year-old registered predatory sex offender, while assisting deputies in their investigation into the burglary.

Police contend he attempted to escape twice, once with the help of a woman, and the second time while in the back of a trooper's cruiser. He kicked out the rear windshield and got out of the car but officers captured him, put him in the back of another car and took him to Curry County jail. They booked him on charges of first-degree burglary, first-degree theft, third-degree escape, second-degree criminal mischief and a probation violation. They also arrested the woman, Heather A. Speir, 20, on two counts of interfering with a police officer. She was taken to Curry County jail, too, where she was being held this morning on $15,000 bail. She is the daughter of Phyllis and Joseph Speir, two of the burglary victims.

Police are continuing their investigation and Sheriff John Bishop asks that anyone who recently received jewelry from a questionable source call his offices at (541) 247-3242.