THE MAN WHO LED SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE THIS MORNING HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A WANTED SEX OFFENDER. AUTHORITIES SAID 33-YEAR-OLD CLARENCE ESTEEN JUNIOR, (PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF RAPE) WAS ALSO HIGH ON CRACK WHEN HE TRIED TO ELUDE AUTHORITIES. HE DROVE AT SPEEDS UP TO 110 MILES PER HOUR. THE CHASE STARTED ON WEST ALISAL STREET AND WEST BLANCO ROAD IN SALINAS AT 3:13 A.M., WHEN HE REFUSED TO PULL OVER. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOUND ESTEEN WAS WANTED ON A NO-BAIL FELONY WARRANT FOR ALLEGEDLY BEING A PAROLEE AT LARGE, AND FAILING TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER. ESTEEN ABANDONED HIS VEHICLE AND RAN OFF INTO THE WOODS, WITH DEPUTIES IN CHASE. WHEN THEY CAUGHT UP WITH HIM, HE BECAME COMBATIVE, SO A TASER WAS USED TO FINALLY TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY.