PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man is set to be arraigned Friday on charges from a high-speed chase through a residential neighborhood.
Timothy Patrick Boyle, 26, was charged Monday in Clallam County Superior Court with possession of a stolen vehicle, attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle and third-degree driving with a suspended license after a high-speed chase through a residential neighborhood last week.
Judge Erik Rohrer set bail at $1,500.
Boyle allegedly failed to stop in a stolen Ford Tempo and accelerated to speeds of about 60 mph in an alley between West 17th and 18th streets with a Port Angeles police officer in pursuit last Friday night.
Boyle cut off the headlights and continued to speed eastbound in the dark until the car collided with a city garbage container, jumped a curb and came to a rest at 1003 W. 18th St., police said in the arrest narrative.
Officer Michael Johnson drew his weapon and ordered Boyle to stop the engine and to put his hands out of the window. Boyle complied, police said.
After his arrest, Boyle told police he had traded a mini motorcycle and $100 for the car three days prior.
The vehicle owner told police he did not know Boyle, sell the car or give Boyle permission to use it, Johnson wrote in the arrest report.
“When I asked Boyle why he didn’t stop and tried to take off on me, Boyle told me that he was scared that I was going to arrest him because he has a suspended license,” Johnson wrote.
“I brought up Boyle’s excessive speed and the fact that he had turned his lights off during the hours of darkness while traveling through an apartment complex which endangered the residents of the area,” the officer wrote.
“Boyle accepted responsibility, told me that he was sorry and agreed that his actions were reckless.”
Boyle later told police he hadn’t seen the police car’s emergency lights because one of the mirrors was missing, court papers said.
Johnson wrote in his report that at least a half-dozen people were walking though the alley after the high-speed chase, which began at 5:31 p.m.
Possession of a stolen vehicle is a Class B felony punishable by a maximum of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine.
Attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle is a Class C felony punishable by a maximum of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
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