Man who ran from traffic stop found hiding in blackberry bushes

Published 3:59 pm Tuesday, June 17, 2008

MARYSVILLE – Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man who ran away this afteroon during a traffic stop on I-5.

Deputies pulled the man over around 2 p.m. on northbound I-5 just south of Highway 529, sheriff’s spokeswoman Rebecca Hover said.

The driver is wanted on felony and misdemeanor assault and domestic violence warrants, she said.

He ran away and several police swarmed the area between Ebey and Steamboat Slough looking for the man.

Around 2:45 p.m., deputies found the man hiding in blackberry bushes.

Police used a police dog and and the sheriff’s helicopter to try to find the man.

Traffic through the area was slowed as people looked to see what was going on, Hover said.