Stolen Mercedes chase through SeaTac and Tukwila, WA caught on video

The Brief

  • A stolen Mercedes spotted by a Flock camera led deputies on a high-speed pursuit through SeaTac and Tukwila.
  • Deputies arrested 31-year-old Michael Frazier after a crash and K-9 search ended with him hiding in a backyard shed.
  • Prosecutors sought $100,000 bail, but a judge set it at $8,000. Frazier was released two days later.

SEATAC, Wash. A police pursuit that began after a stolen Mercedes was spotted by a Flock license-plate camera ended with a convicted felon hiding in a backyard shed after deputies say he drove recklessly through SeaTac and Tukwila, crashed through a fence and ran through thick blackberry bushes.

The backstory:

The pursuit began early July 28 after Burien police responded to a residential alarm in the 16900 block of 33rd Avenue Southwest. Deputies found that a storage container had been burglarized. A credit card taken in the burglary was later used at a nearby gas station for about $76, according to investigators.

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