The passenger in a car that was being chased by Sheriff’s deputies called 9-1-1 to report a robbery at a nearby convenience store, presumably to get pursuing officers to go to the robbery call.
It didn’t work.
The man and his female passenger were eventually caught and booked into the King County Jail.
The incident occurred on Jan. 26 about 10:45 p.m. A Covington officer pulled over a 2001 Chevrolet S-10 pick-up as a possible DUI at Southeast 240th Street and 180th Avenue Southeast. As the deputy walked up to the car the vehicle took off, spraying rocks and dirt over the deputy. A pursuit ensued, which lasted for more than eight minutes and covered nine miles. Speeds reached 70 mph.
During the chase, the passenger in the car, a 35 year-old Puyallup woman, used her cell phone to call 9-1-1 and tried to report an armed robbery of the Circle K at Southeast Kent Kangley Road and 168th Avenue Southeast. Call receivers were not fooled however, and the chase continued.
The driver of the truck slowed to turn right onto Southeast Wax Road from the Covington-Sawyer Road and that’s when the deputy saw his chance. He used his patrol car in a PIT maneuver and the driver lost control of the truck and hit a power pole. The driver and passenger suffered very minor injuries and were taken into custody.
The driver, a 44 year-old Bonney Lake man, was booked for investigation of felony flight. Once at the jail he was identified from his fingerprints as a Department of Corrections escapee from community custody, and booked on that warrant as well. The woman was booked for investigation of false reporting and rendering criminal assistance.
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