Spikes strips deployed by Oregon
State Police helped prevent a stolen car from eluding officers after it was
spotted north of Newport
on Highway 101 Friday night. A Lincoln
City woman was arrested
without further incident after she was stopped.
On July 27, 2012 at approximately 7:32 p.m. OSP Sergeant
Cari Boyd and Senior Trooper Bryan Fitch were patrolling near Cape Foulweather
when they overheard a dispatch of a reported stolen vehicle followed by an
off-duty Newport police officer northbound on
Highway 101 from Newport.
Three minutes later the stolen vehicle, a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt, was spotted by
OSP and spike strips deployed by Fitch at Spencer Creek
Bridge near milepost 134
to prevent the driver from attempting to elude during heavy summer traffic
conditions.
The spike strips deflated two tires and the driver pulled
over and stopped without fleeing. Officers from Newport
police and Lincoln County Sheriff's Office arrived about a minute later and
helped OSP arrested the driver, KRISTINA R. ESCALDERON, age 23, from Lincoln City. She was lodged in the Lincoln
County Jail for Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle and Theft First Degree.
The car was reported stolen earlier in the day from the Lincoln City area.
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