Ex-49ers running back arrested after police chase. Here’s the latest

SportsSan Francisco 49ers running back Joe Williams (32) during the first half of an NFL preseason football game in Kansas City, Mo., Friday, August 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)APBy Brian Linder | blinder@pennlive.comFormer San Francisco 49ers running back Joe Williams was arrested Thursday in Los Angeles after a police chase.The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said deputies pulled Williams over around 4 p.m. because they believed he was speeding. Williams, 33, was released with a verbal warning, but a short time later, police said they learned he had a felony warrant for receiving stolen property.Police said they stopped Williams a second time, but this time he left his car and attempted to flee on foot.NBC 4 in Los Angeles reported that Williams was arrested on suspicion of receiving stolen property, resisting or obstructing an officer, vandalism, trespassing and violating the terms of probation or supervised release.The news station reported that Williams was being held on $50,000 bail.Williams is a native of Allentown, Pennsylvania, and he played high school football at Emmaus. He committed to Connecticut out of high school but ended up at ASA College in New York. He transferred to Utah in 2015. Williams then retired for a year before returning to play for the Utes. Williams was a standout, too, even setting the school’s all-time record for rushing yards in a single game with 332 against UCLA in 2016. He then accounted for 278 yards — 222 rushing, 56 receiving — and a touchdown to help Utah knock off Indiana in the Foster Farms Bowl. He was selected as the game’s offensive MVP.After rushing for 1,407 yards and 10 touchdowns across nine games as a senior, Williams was chosen by San Francisco in the fourth round, 121st-overall, in the 2017 NFL Draft. He never played in a regular-season game for the 49ers or any other NFL team. The team placed him on injured reserve in 2017 and released him in 2018. Brian Linder is the trending editor at PennLive.com. He has more than 20 years of experience working for newspapers first in South Carolina, then Daytona Beach, Florida and now in Pennsylvania. Linder spent...