The newspaper's version: The Olympian Friday, June 01, 2007
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Man arrested after car, bike, foot chase near Tumwater"The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man who led them on a car chase for about 10 minutes before crashing into a pond and fleeing by bicycle and by foot for more than an hour.
Police said -----, 39, a transient, was arrested outside a residence at 2535 70th Ave. S.W. around 11 a.m. ----- faces charges of eluding and possibly others, Sgt. Alvin Griffin of the sheriff’s office said. He said police were still determining if ----- had outstanding warrants and reportedly found “suspected narcotics” in his car.
Griffin described the chase: ----- fled at about 9:10 a.m. after failing to stop at a stop sign at Littlerock Road and 123rd Avenue. He was driving a late 1970s or early ‘80s model Oldsmobile. ----- nearly crashed with a number of cars. He ended up on Jericho Lane, a dead-end street where he went through a back yard and crashed into a pond. ----- then fled on foot, took a bicycle and sped away. At about 10 a.m., ----- crashed the bike into a neighborhood fence, then fled again on foot. Officers found him at the 70th Avenue address, which is not where he lives.
Four police agencies were involved in the chase: Thurston County, Olympia, Tumwater and the Washington State Patrol.
Black Hills High School was locked down during the chase as a precautionary
Our version:At about 9am, Rich ---, Olympic Realty realtor called Liz and told her to stay inside and lock the doors. Rich had heard on his radio scanner, a police call saying they were pursuing a person who was fleeing from them. The fleer was somewhere in our neighborhood.
Liz locked the doors and stayed inside for 30 minutes and then began hanging up the laundry in the backyard.
While Liz sat on the patio eating breakfast, this man ran his bicycle into our fence gate, breaking the gate, jumped over the gate, ran across our backyard, behind our shed, over our back fence and into Dick -----’s bushes.
When she hear the noise of the bicycle hitting our fence, Liz ran into the workroom, spilling her bowl of cereal and milk, and closed the door. Liz went to call 9-1-1, picked up the phone and then noticed WSP cars in our driveway.
Jim then called Liz, returning a page that Liz made 45 minutes earlier. Liz told Jim what was happening and he offered to come home. Liz protested and said she needed to talk to the WSP officer. She said she would call Jim back.
A WA State Patrol officer came into our backyard within a minute, gun raised, and ran toward the shed. He then came back to Liz and asked him which way the man went. Liz told the officer where he went and the officer left. Two more patrol cars parked in front of our house.
Meanwhile, Jim called Ed (neighbors) and got an answering machine. Next he called Dick ----- and got the wrong number. Jim then called Randy ----- (Bible study friend) and left a message asking him to check on Liz. Later Jim called Dick again and Dick was home and said he would go over and check on Liz.
Dick went into his backyard and talked with Liz over the fence. Randy ----- arrived shortly and came into the backyard and stayed with Liz until the WSP officers returned saying they caught the man in the trailer court where Randy lives.
Liz called Rich --- to thank him for warning her.
Jim came home a noon and listened to Liz retell the incident. Liz said it was scarier than the 2001 Nisqually earthquake.
Staying home is dangerous!
It's great to talk with lots of people about Mongolia! This is a photo from Sep9 at Lakebay Covenant in Lakebay, WA, a small community overlooking the Puget Sound.
