PORT ANGELES — A 22-year-old Port Angeles man wanted on a felony warrant who had eluded police early Wednesday was in the Clallam County jail by that night.
Port Angeles police arrested Port Angeles resident Christopher M. White without incident at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at a house in the 1000 block of Georgiana Street, just east of downtown Port Angeles, Deputy Police Chief Brian Smith said.
Less than half-mile
The house was less than half a mile away from where police last saw White in an alley behind a business in the 1100 block of First Street at about noon Wednesday, Smith said.
“It’s not uncommon that people disappear into plain sight,” Smith said.
White was booked into Clallam County jail for investigation of fourth-degree assault and unlawful imprisonment, both domestic violence-related, as well as the warrant issued by the state Department of Corrections.
No bond has been set.
Smith said White had a connection with the other people in the house where he was found, though the nature of the connection was not known Thursday.
Port Angeles police knocked on the door of the house on Georgiana Street, and White surrendered without incident. Smith said police did not need a search warrant to arrest White.
White had been spotted in the 1100 block of Front Street shortly after noon Wednesday, prompting a police search.
White has been arrested and has served jail time for assault charges multiple times in the past, most recently pleading guilty in May 2011 to second-degree assault following the attack of a woman in January that year.
White was ordered to serve 13 months in jail and 18 months community custody for that guilty plea.
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Reporter Jeremy Schwartz can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5074, or at jschwartz@peninsuladailynews.com.
Reporter Rob Ollikainen contributed to this report.
