A 28-year-old Montesano man is in jail this morning after leading police on a dangerous high-speed chase through Montesano. The man was ultimately captured by the Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office K-9 Max, Undersheriff Dave Pimentel said.
At about 10:45 p.m. Tuesday, Sheriff’s Office detectives found out a motorcycle stolen in Federal Way would be traveling down Central Park Drive toward Montesano, where it would be sold, Pimentel said.
Deputy Tracy Gay spotted the motorcycle, which had been spraypainted black, heading eastbound. He pursued, and the driver took off, speeding toward Montesano. The man got around a Montesano Police Department road block at Devonshire Road and took off northbound.
A Montesano Police officer pursued him, but ended up skidding into a ditch while making a right turn onto Pioneer Avenue. He was not injured but his vehicle was damaged.
The driver headed southbound on Main Street, with officers still in pursuit.
“The motorcycle entered SR-12 westbound in the eastbound lanes and reached speeds of up to 100 mph at Clemmons Hill,” Pimentel said. “The vehicle turned north and proceeded to West Wynooche Road, where it struck an ecology barrier at the end of a haul road. The driver took off on foot. K-9 Max and Deputy Gay initiated a track.”
Containment was set up by the Sheriff’s Office, the Washington State Patrol and the Aberdeen and Montesano police departments.
Gay and Max found the man, and Max subdued him, Pimentel said. The man was taken to Grays Harbor Community Hospital for treatment of minor injuries sustained in the chase and his apprehension, then booked into Grays Harbor County Jail for first-degree possession of stolen property and felony eluding a pursuing police vehicle.
The motorcycle was damaged, but returned to its owner.
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