The theft and car chase that took place in the early hours of March 15 took 20 minutes. The paperwork took three-and-a-half hours.
1:40 a.m. — A young woman calls 911 and reports thieves are stealing her mother’s 1996 Mazda from the carport at Ridgetop Apartments in the 11100 block of Voyager Lane in Silverdale. An all-points bulletin goes out to all on-duty police officers and sheriff’s deputies in the area.
1:51 a.m. — A Poulsbo Police car going south on Viking Way reports passing the stolen vehicle going the other way and that it is in pursuit. Speeds hit 80 mph.
1:52 a.m. — A Kitsap County sheriff’s deputy puts down a spike strip ahead of the speeding vehicle.
1:53 a.m. — The Mazda hits the spike strip, blowing two tires. Barely under control, the driver attempts to keep going.
1:56 a.m. — The deputy pulls alongside the Mazda and performs the P.I.T. (Pursuit Intervention) maneuver, tapping the Mazda’s rear fender and sending it spinning into a ditch at the Kitsap Transit construction site on Viking at Vetter Road.
1:59 a.m. — The driver of the stolen vehicle jumps out of the car and flees into the construction site. The deputy pursues and captures him while two assisting Poulsbo police officers hold the other two occupants of the Mazda at gunpoint until a second Kitsap County deputy sheriff arrives to take the three of them into custody. A medic checks out the driver who has hurt himself trying to run through the construction site in the dark.
5:25 a.m. — The event is closed out. The interviews have been completed, the daughter of the Mazda’s owner has ID’d the man she saw break into the car, the paperwork has been filed and the three suspects are locked up in Kitsap County Jail.
The driver of the stolen vehicle is a 30-year-old man from Bremerton. He was booked on multiple counts including possession of a stolen vehicle, attempting to elude police officers and resisting arrest. There was also an outstanding Washington State warrant for his arrest due to parole violation.
And he doesn’t have a driver’s license.
Bail is set at $110,000. Because the state warrant is a non-bailable offense, he will remain in jail until that issue is settled.
The daughter of the Mazda’s owner has identified the second person, a 20-year-old male Central Kitsap resident, as the person she saw steal the car, so he was charged with theft of a motor vehicle. He also has two outstanding warrants for failure to appear in court for violating restraining orders. Bail is set at $25,000.
The last passenger was a female, 21 from South Kitsap. She was booked for possession of a stolen motor vehicle; methamphetamines were reportedly found in her purse, so she was also charged with illegal drug possession.
— Terryl Asla
The following cases were filed in Kitsap County District Court:
• A 29-year-old Bremerton, was charged with possession of methamphetamine. Deputies arrested him on a burglary warrant and found meth in his possession. The man said the meth wasn’t his.
• A 53-year-old Bremerton woman was charged with possession of a controlled substance. She allegedly tried to shoplift $10 worth of items from WinCo Foods in Bremerton March 13, but was caught. Drugs were found in her possession, but she said the drugs were not hers. Bail was set at $50,000.
• A 23-year-old Bremerton man was charged with DUI and not having a valid license after he swerved his Mitsubishi Eclipse and almost hit a sheriff’s deputy on State Route 303 March 13. The man smelled of alcohol and giggled. Beer bottle caps, drug paraphernalia and red paint spray cans were allegedly found inside the car.
• Patrick Richard Cantu, 26, of Bremerton, was charged with three counts of dealing with depictions of minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct in the first degree. Bail was set at $200,000.
• A 24-year-old Bremerton woman was charged with DUI and driving while license suspended or revoked. A Bremerton police officer saw the woman allegedly smoke a marijuana joint while sitting in parked car with the engine running near Beach Drive March 11. The woman was allegedly lethargic and had bloodshot eyes. The woman told a Washington State Patrol trooper she had been smoking and that she planned to leave her car parked where it was, in the middle of the lane, and would walk back to work after her break. She was arrested on suspicion of DUI and had a previous DUI in 2009.
• A 36-year-old Bremerton woman was charged with possession of a stolen vehicle. A Bremerton police officer located brand new Volkswagen Jetta that he suspected was stolen parked on Bay Vista Boulevard March 12. The officer contacted the owner of the stolen vehicle and had them test their key with the car. The key opened the car. The woman’s ID was allegedly found inside the car, and she had a warrant for her arrest. The woman told the officer she paid a man to rent the car and said she did not know it was stolen. Bail was set at $100,000.
• A 22-year-old Bremerton woman was charged with possession of a controlled substance. A WSP trooper pulled her over because the plates on the vehicle did not match the make and model of her vehicle. Heroin and used needles were found inside the vehicle.
• A 30-year-old Bremerton man was charged with hit-and-run after he allegedly drove his pickup truck into a parked Subaru and drove away. Police contacted the driver and he said he didn’t realize he hit anything. He also had a suspended license.
• A 32-year-old Bremerton man was charged with assault of a child in the third degree.
—Edited by Chris Tucker
