The Lewis County Sheriff's Office arrested two brothers who are East Lewis County residents on Tuesday after a 26-mile car chase that ended near Glenoma. One brother is accused of leading the pursuit, while another is accused of attempting to help him escape.
Zachary Charles Hall, 42, of Randle, and Roy Larry Hall, 46, of Packwood, were both arrested on Tuesday, July 8, immediately after the pursuit during which Roy Hall, driving a separate vehicle, attempted to interfere and aid his brother Zachary in escaping from Lewis County Sheriff’s Office deputies.
Officers also arrested a passenger riding in the car with Zachary Hall who claimed he was in the vehicle against his will and that he had tried to pull the emergency brake but was fearful of what the driver might do to him.
The brothers and co-defendants appeared separately in Lewis County Superior Court the following day, July 9, over video call from the Lewis County Jail for their preliminary appearances with Judge Andrew Toynbee.
During Zachary Hall’s hearing, he was charged with one count of attempting to elude a police vehicle and one count of unlawful imprisonment, both class C felonies punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. He was also charged with one count of resisting arrest and one count of driving with a revoked or suspended license, both misdemeanors punishable by up to 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Toynbee set Zachary Hall’s bail at $200,000, per the request made by Lewis County Senior Deputy Prosecutor Scott Jackson on behalf of the state. Jackson cited a rap sheet consisting of 23 warrants and a history of attempting to run from law enforcement officers. With this most recent charge, Zachary Hall has been charged with attempting to elude a police vehicle four times since the start of 2023, according to state records.
“I’m going to set bail as requested by the state,” Toynbee said. “Based on this probable cause, I find that there’s an extreme risk to community safety. I also find that based on this pattern of eluding that there’s a clear case that he presents a failure to appear risk.”
During Roy Hall’s preliminary hearing, he was also charged with attempting to elude a police vehicle along with intimidating a public servant, a class B felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine, and obstructing a law enforcement officer, a gross misdemeanor punishable by up to a year jail and a fine of up to $5,000.
Toynbee set Roy Hall’s bail at $100,000, despite the state's request for bail to be set at $200,000, noting that while Roy Hall’s charges were serious, they were different from his brother’s charges.
“This is a little bit different from his brother's case,” Toynbee said. “His brother was the one who was eluding. He was assisting or attempting to assist in the eluding. There’s still a basis for finding that that amount of bail is necessary to protect the public.”
In the affidavit of probable cause submitted to the court, Roy Hall claimed he saw officers pursuing his brother and interfered to “stop law enforcement from trying to kill his brother.”
According to court documents and a news release from the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, the chase that landed the local brothers in jail started when a Lewis County deputy attempted to stop an Audi sedan without a front license plate or bumper on state Route 508 near Onalaska. The pursuing deputy reportedly recognized the car and the driver, knowing that the car had recently fled from an officer and that the driver, Zachary Hall, had a suspended drivers license.
After the deputy activated his lights and began following the black sedan, the vehicle reportedly continued along state Route 508, swerving between lanes and reaching speeds of more than 100 miles per hour before hitting a spike strip deployed by the Morton Police Department near the entrance to the city.
Court documents state that, soon after, a second driver in a black SUV got involved, attempting to position the SUV between the Audi sedan and law enforcement vehicles. The interference of a second vehicle required law enforcement vehicles to maneuver around the SUV and its erratic driving in order to follow the black Audi sedan.
“A Morton police officer fell back and got behind (the SUV) and attempted to stop the vehicle, but it proceeded without stopping,” according to the affidavit of probable cause. “(The SUV) was overtaken by one patrol vehicle, which created a small space for law enforcement to continue its pursuit of (the sedan).”
The chase eventually ended at the intersection of U.S. Highway 12 and Meade Hill Road.
In a video published by the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, the driver can be seen exiting the vehicle and taking off running before the car stopped.
The video continues on a very short chase as Zachary Hall takes off through an unknown property and eventually stops and puts his hands up, seemingly tired from the chase.
