Pinal is facing seven charges for the crime, three of which are felonies. Troopers moved in and arrested Pinal, and he is now in custody.
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Pinal tried to break into the truck he had just crashed into, but the driver inside locked him out. “By deflating all four tires, you will often slow down the pursuit… It’s a lot safer of a scenario for everyone involved,” said Officer Burnett.Īfter the tires blew, the Prius collided with a truck on the Interstate at low speed. That pursuit didn’t end until Officer Burnett used Stop Sticks, also known as spike strips, to blow out two of the Prius tires in Marysville. The suspect, now identified as 27-year-old Elius Mendoza Pinal from Centralia, turned back onto I-5 heading north, leading law enforcement on an 80-mile pursuit. After the crash, he pulled a woman out of her Toyota Prius and started driving that Prius south, moving into Thurston County. It all started when the driver, allegedly under the influence of drugs, crashed his truck in Tacoma on May 18. He used a pair to put an end to a high-speed chase, spanning 80 miles across three Washington Counties during rush hour traffic on Interstate 5, with a wrong-way driver at the wheel. Stop Sticks are a tool that Officer Dylan Burnett of the Marysville Police Department knows well. They are the world’s leading tire deflation device. The city will receive $15,768 to purchase and stock police cars with them. They’re called Stop Sticks, often used to stop a car during a car chase. Department of Justice for an important tool you may have never heard of.
The Marysville Police Department is getting new funding from the U.S. What’s a Stop Stick? DOJ funding focused on safety tool for Marysville Police
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