Suspected dump truck thief who took police on a high-speed pursuit through three counties with his girlfriend and her 4-year-old child back in August has been arrested in the buff in Frederickson.
The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office released new video showing the capture of a suspected thief who managed to get away the first time.
On August 21, deputies answered a call of a suspicious vehicle at the intersection of 74th Avenue East and 188th Street Court East in Frederickson.
When deputies ran the plates, they realized the car owner was one of the suspects in the dump truck pursuit that occurred on August 11.
Additional units were requested suspecting that one of the occupants was the escaped dump truck driver and was known to carry guns, deputies said.
With deputies giving commands through their patrol car’s PA system, and with weapons at the ready, the 4-year-old child exited the car and walked over to the deputies but the adults refused to exit the car.
With the child safely in the hand of deputies, a non-lethal beanbag was used to break the rear window of the car.