A 30-year-old man is behind bars Monday after stealing a sheriff's cruiser and leading law enforcement personnel on a 38-minute pursuit from Poway to Carmel Valley, authorities said.
  
Sean Michael Webber allegedly stole the white cruiser from Midland and Twin Peaks roads about 9:45 a.m. Sunday from two senior patrol volunteers who were standing nearby doing traffic control for Poway's annual "Tour de Poway" cycling event.
  
A sheriff's deputy spotted the vehicle minutes later and a pursuit ensued.
  
San Diego police assisted with the pursuit until authorities decided to back off and let a sheriff's helicopter crew follow the stolen cruiser.

The California Highway Patrol also assisted by closing intersections for the pursuit.
  
Webber eventually drove to the end of a cul-de-sac in the Carmel Valley area, stopping briefly before crashing through a fence to get to another street, according to San Diego County sheriff's Sgt. Daniel Vengler.
  
He then drove backward slowly toward sheriff's, San Diego police and CHP vehicles that had converged on the area, but then bounded out of the still-moving cruiser and surrendered, Vengler said.
  
The vehicle came to a stop on its own and the only property damage was to a fence and the cruiser, Vengler said, noting no
one was injured in the 23-mile, 38-minute pursuit.
  
Webber was booked into San Diego Central Jail on suspicion of felony evading, felony theft of an on-call emergency vehicle, misdemeanor drunken driving and misdemeanor driving under the influence of a controlled substance.

Bail was set at $50,000. He could be arraigned as early as Wednesday afternoon, according to jail records.