EVERETT — A Lake Stevens man reportedly carjacked a woman at Everett Station on Thursday afternoon and then led police on a chase in two counties before being arrested in an Arlington farm field.
Detectives believe the incident began around 1 p.m., Washington State Patrol trooper Keith Leary said.
That’s when the man, 28, reportedly got into an Everett woman’s Suzuki Sidekick and ordered her to drive off, Leary said.
The woman, 23, told detectives the man said he was armed with a knife.
The car went north on I-5, stopping only after it crashed into the median near Anderson Road in Skagit County.
That’s when the woman first called 911. She suffered minor injuries in the crash but was otherwise unharmed, Leary said.
Meanwhile, the man ran off. A few minutes later, someone else called police to report a stolen van at a gas station at Anderson Road, near the crash scene, Leary said.
Witnesses reported seeing the man drive southbound in the van, he said.
The van next was spotted by a Stillaguamish tribal police officer who gave chase eastbound along Cackman Road all the way to Highway 9.
Traffic forced the fleeing driver to stop. An Arlington police officer approached with his handgun drawn, Leary said.
The man threw the van into reverse, smashing into the Stillaguamish officer’s unmarked pickup truck and driving off. The officer wasn’t hurt.
Police continued the chase down a dirt road and into a field. The man ditched the van just short of an embankment and ran into a field, Leary said.
A Snohomish County sheriff’s deputy and police dog tracked the man down with the help of troopers in an airplane.
It took police about 90 minutes to capture the man after the woman first reported the incident.
The man did not immediately give detectives a statement, Leary said.
He was to be booked into the Snohomish County Jail for investigation of third-degree assault, possession of a stolen vehicle, attempting to elude a police officer and driving with a suspended license. Other charges were possible, Leary said.
Jackson Holtz: 425-339-3437, jholtz@heraldnet.com.
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