Repeat offender nears 100th arrest after theft spree, drugs and wild high-speed chase: police

A repetition offender with astir 100 arrests is backmost down bars aft deputies accidental helium led officers connected a unsafe pursuit pursuing a retail theft spree crossed aggregate counties successful Washington state.

Police released video showing the pursuit and the suspect's eventual capture.

Authorities accidental the suspect, present arrested for the 98th time, was portion of a duo accused of stealing thousands of dollars successful merchandise from respective stores, astatine times utilizing stolen bags from 1 retailer to instrumentality items from another.

Deputies spotted the suspects’ motortruck connected Interstate 5 adjacent Olympia, but earlier they could initiate a stop, the operator sped off, triggering a high-speed chase.

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Police dashcam video shows deputies pursuing a pickup motortruck during a high-speed pursuit that reached triple-digit speeds earlier the suspects fled connected foot. (Thurston County WA Sheriff's Office)

Video from the pursuit captures deputies calling retired speeds topping 100 miles per hr arsenic the motortruck raced toward downtown Olympia.

Officers attempted to halt the conveyance but called disconnected the pursuit erstwhile the operator began racing done metropolis streets and intersections, putting others astatine risk. 

A 2nd effort was besides halted for information reasons arsenic the fishy continued driving recklessly toward Lacey, astatine times moving reddish lights astatine speeds adjacent 80 mph, according to vigor traffic.

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Bodycam video shows a lawman taking purpose arsenic a fishy stands with hands raised pursuing a high-speed pursuit done a neighborhood. (Thurston County WA Sheriff's Office)

A abbreviated clip later, the motortruck was recovered abandoned adjacent College Street.

Authorities accidental the suspects ran from the conveyance toward a adjacent vicinity and successful the absorption of an simple school, prompting a search.

A K9 squad tracked them down minutes later.

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Video shows deputies confronting the suspects astatine gunpoint, repeatedly ordering them to "show maine your hands" and "keep walking backwards" earlier some were taken into custody.

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Police video shows the fishy walking with hands connected his caput earlier deputies instrumentality him into custody moments aft a 100 mph chase. (Thurston County WA Sheriff's Office)

Inside the vehicle, investigators accidental they recovered thousands of dollars successful stolen merchandise, on with meth, heroin and fentanyl.

Deputies besides discovered what they described arsenic a custom-built bong embedded successful the dashboard, allegedly allowing the operator to usage drugs portion down the wheel.

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A fishy arrested for the 98th clip is seen surrendering astatine gunpoint aft a high-speed chase, according to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office. (Thurston County WA Sheriff's Office)

Authorities accidental they obtained a warrant to trial the driver’s humor arsenic portion of a DUI investigation.

The suspect, a four-time convicted felon with dozens of anterior convictions and 97 erstwhile arrests, present faces charges including DUI, attempting to fly from police, and cause possession.

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He is expected to look further organized retail theft charges successful Lewis County erstwhile released from the Thurston County Jail. The 2nd fishy was turned implicit to different constabulary section successful transportation with a abstracted theft case.

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In a statement, the sheriff’s bureau highlighted the suspect’s past and the result of the arrest:

"Tonight, helium is backmost successful jailhouse for the 98th clip connected charges of DUI, eluding, and possession of narcotics," Sheriff Derek Sanders wrote successful a post. "Nice enactment by deputies and dispatchers to get immoderate vocation criminals into custody… again."

Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime. Send communicative tips to [email protected].