Posted in Felonies on September 17, 2014
Joseph W. Chumley, 36, was in Clark County Superior Court accused of harming a police dog, attempting to elude police, second-degree identity theft and third-degree theft. He was held in lieu of $70,000 bail and a Vancouver defense attorney was appointed to represent him. He will be arraigned on Friday. The Battle Ground man allegedly kicked a K-9 at least 10 times while trying to elude police.
A Clark County sheriff’s deputy stated that he tried to pull over a green Saturn sedan for a traffic infraction at about 2 a.m. on Tuesday at Northeast 88th Street and Northeast St. Johns Road. The suspect vehicle at first slowed and pulled over, but it then fled at a high speed with the headlights off. The sheriff’s deputy pursued the vehicle and stopped to speak with a construction worker who had witnessed the vehicle speeding past, nearly striking him. The court document says the construction worker reported that the sedan had headed toward a nearby Home Depot parking lot. The sheriff’s deputy found the vehicle, unoccupied, behind the store.
Other deputies arrived and set up a containment perimeter, sending the police dog to track the missing driver. The K-9 found Chumley and his girlfriend Jensina Tech in some bushes. Chumley was witnessed by officers allegedly kicking the dog over 10 times, and he allegedly resisted the officer’s commands until he was subdued with a taser. Tech told deputies that Chumley had been driving the car. Court documents show that she said he always runs from police.
Chumley was treated at a hospital for dog bites and taken to jail. The K-9 suffered minor injuries, including bruising.
Source: The Columbian, “Battle Ground man accused of kicking K-9 during police chase,” Paris Achen, September 17, 2014.
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