A traffic stop turned into a foot chase because the suspect was afraid of jail.
The suspect ditched his companion and fled
Saturday night, Spokane County Deputies were on patrol around 9:40 PM when they saw a Chevy Equinox swerving back and forth across the road, and it didn’t have a legally-mandated front license plate.
The vehicle was traveling east on Broadway, near North University Road in the valley. The driver, identified as 46-year-old Kenneth W. McBride, did pull over when the Officers turned on their lights.
But as they approached, McBride sped off and began to drive aggressively, and Officers, using caution, terminated the pursuit after McBride turned north onto Pines Road…