An Oregon man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly leading deputies on a chase — at 90 to 100 miles per hour in a Volvo station wagon — up and down Interstate-5 in Lewis and Thurston Counties.
Justin B. Wall, 35, a transient from Oregon, was arrested on suspicion of attempting to elude a police vehicle — a felony — and a state Department of Corrections warrant. He was also allegedly driving with a suspended license.
Wall is scheduled to make his first appearance in Lewis County Superior Court this afternoon.
According to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, deputies on routine patrol at 7:04 p.m. Tuesday on northbound I-5 at milepost 85 north of Centralia saw a black Volvo station wagon pass, driving erratically. A deputy reported observing the vehicle driving at 90 to 100 miles per hour, passing vehicles on the shoulder.
Deputies attempted to stop the vehicle, which reportedly continued north on the freeway and exited at milepost 88 — the U.S. Highway 12 interchange — where deputies lost sight of the vehicle and ended the pursuit.
A witness reportedly then called 911 to report the suspect vehicle was now on southbound I-5, continuing to drive erratically.
Officers caught up with the vehicle in a parking lot along Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis. At that point, a woman was in the driver’s seat. She reportedly told officers that Wall was driving during the dispute, and that he got out of the car on southbound I-5 between mileposts 81 and 82, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Officers later found Wall and arrested him.
