PORTLAND, Ore. — A Gresham man was jailed after police said he used lights and a siren mounted on his truck to cut through post-air show traffic.
The Oregon State Police said 30-year-old Timothy Benz was stopped Friday night after the Hillsboro International Air Show, where is accused of activating yellow-and-white strobe lights on his truck, sounding a siren and driving through stop lights.
Two vehicles had to swerve to avoid a collision.
Benz told a state trooper that he works for a private traffic safety company and was en route to accidents in Portland, a claim the state police later determined was false.
Benz was arrested on charges of reckless driving and reckless endangerment.
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