January 29, 2009
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Phony Robbery Call Intended to Divert Caller's Own Sheriff Pursuit
This story is something that could easily be featured on one of the many crazy suspect television shows.
The passenger in a car that was being chased by Sheriff's deputies called 911 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 Monday, January 26, at about 10:45 pm.
"A Covington officer pulled over a 2001 Chevrolet S-10 pick-up as a possible DUI at SE 240th Street and 180th Ave SE. 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 over eight minutes and covered nine miles. Speeds reached 70 mph," said Sgt. John Urquhart, King County Sheriff's Office.
During the chase, the passenger in the car, a 35 year-old Puyallup woman, used her cell phone to call 911 and tried to report an armed robbery of the Circle K at SE Kent Kangley Road and 168th Ave SE. Call receivers were not fooled however, and the chase continued.
The driver of the truck slowed to turn right onto SE Wax Road from the Covington-Sawyer Road and that was 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 is a 44 year-old Bonney Lake man, "John Doe." He was booked for Investigation of Felony Flight. Once at the jail he was identified from his fingerprints as a Dept. of Corrections escapee from Community Custody, and booked on that warrant as well.
The woman was booked on charges of False Reporting and Rendering Criminal Assistance.
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