PORT ANGELES – On Thursday, 35-year-old Brian Arnold was taken into custody after slashing the tire of a woman’s car at a gas station in Port Angeles when she refused to give him a ride.
Police say a witness of the altercation chased Arnold a short distance on foot until Arnold jumped into the passenger side of another vehicle.
A police report says Sheriff’s Sergeant John Hollis spotted that vehicle heading east on Highway 101, out of the city and pulled the car over on Baker Street. Arnold then jumped out of the car and ran down Pioneer Road.
The driver of the car said he didn’t know Arnold but agreed to give him a ride. When Arnold fled from the vehicle, he left behind one shoe and a backpack containing suspected heroin.
Officers and deputies were able to track him to a trailer on Helm Drive and convinced him to give himself up.
Arnold was booked into the Clallam County Jail on charges of Malicious Mischief, Obstructing a Law Enforcement Officer, and Possession of Heroin. Sequim PD also booked him for Felony Eluding a Police Vehicle in an unrelated case.