SNOHOMISH – A man driving a stolen vehicle crashed his car on Highway 9 near Bickford Avenue late Friday afternoon before fleeing the scene, jumping off a bridge and attempting to hijack a pickup truck driven by an elderly man.
The thief was eventually taken down by a police stun gun. He was taken to Providence Everett Medical Center on Friday, Snohomish police spokeswoman Linda Hardy said. No one else was injured.
Hardy said that after the man crashed his car, he jumped off the Bickford Bridge and ran away west on 16th Street. He then tried to hijack the pickup truck.
“It was pretty crazy,” Hardy said.
After failing to gain control of the pickup, the man tried to run off again but police subdued him with the stun gun.
Marysville: Vandalism frustrates mayor
Marysville Mayor Dennis Kendall expressed frustration Friday over the cost to the city to repair thousands of dollars worth of vandalism at the Strawberry Fields Sports Complex.
“People say they want more parks, but it costs the government agencies money to clean them up,” Kendall said. “It’s not just Marysville. We’re all going through it. These things cost us an awful lot of money. It becomes a big deal when you’re stripping down your departments in order to pay for it.”
He cited the recent theft of dozens of lifejackets from an Everett park where two girls drowned. Vandals also repeatedly have damaged a Frisbee golf course at a Lake Stevens park.
Marysville police and parks department officials are asking the public for their help in stopping the recurring vandalism at the sports complex in the 6100 block of 152nd Street.
In the last week, vandals caused damage estimated at $3,000 by breaking into kiosks, starting a fire in one, breaking locks, cutting a flag pole rope, tearing apart soccer goal nets and carving graffiti into wooden structures.
The city has replaced five locks and four soccer nets in the last week.
Police have added an extra watch on the park in hopes of catching vandals.
Residents who observe people in the park after hours are asked to call 911.
From Herald staff reports
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