The Pierce County Sheriff's Department in Washington state took a 'high priority' repeat offender into custody earlier this month in connection with an armed carjacking.
whom authorities described as a"high-priority offender" was arrested earlier this month after trying to escape from deputies who were investigating an armed carjacking, authorities said Tuesday.
The incident began just before noon on May 14 after investigators located a pickup truck that was reported stolen in at gunpoint 12 days earlier, theThe truck was found near Parkland at a"nuisance property" where several drive-by shootings had previously taken place and where numerous stolen vehicles were recovered, according to officials.
Deputies located the 33-year-old suspect and followed him to another residence, where he rammed two patrol cars before jumping on top of one patrol car and hopping from car to car to avoid capture, the sheriff’s department said. The suspect jumped on top of a deputy's car and hopped from one car to another before leading deputies on a foot chase, authorities said.
The suspect then led deputies on a foot chase down the street and into the backyard of a nearby home."As the foot pursuit continued down the street, the [Special Investigations Unit] sergeant blew by everyone and caught up to the suspect as he was jumping over a fence," the statement said."A patrol deputy tased the suspect and he was taken into custody."
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