PORT ANGELES – A Port Angeles man was arrested after a high-speed pursuit and a three-hour standoff with law enforcement.
40-year-old Arthur Coulon was arrested after 10 last night at a house in the 800 block of Mount Pleasant Road.
The incident began earlier in the evening when a citizen called 911 reporting they’d been robbed at gunpoint in the area of Highway 101 and Mount Pleasant Road.
The suspect fled in a vehicle fled southbound on Mount Pleasant Road. Clallam County deputies set up containment on Mount Pleasant and Monroe roads.
Deputies located Coulon driving northbound on Mount Pleasant Road. He turned around and attempted to elude deputies, driving at high rates of speed in oncoming lanes of traffic south on Mount Pleasant Road, across Draper Road, and north on Monroe Road to Highway 101. The pursuit finally ended when Coulon drove back onto Mount Pleasant Road to his residence located in the 800 block. Coulon then barricaded himself inside.
Multiple law enforcement agencies surrounded the house, while a hostage negotiator talked to Coulon. He came out after about three hours and was arrested without incident. He’s been booked into the jail on a number of charges related to the robbery and chase case. Coulon was also wanted on a warrant for escaping community custody.
Steve Thanem sent us a dash cam photo of deputies attempting a PIT maneuver on Coulon’s vehicle.