BEND, OR -- A police pursuit by Bend Police officers and Deschutes County deputies led to the arrest of a 45-year-old DUII suspect, Thursday night. According to police, an officer tried to pull over a Chevrolet pickup for not having working taillights and other alleged violations, on the Bend Parkway, near Colorado.
After initially stopping, just after 10:30 p.m., the pickup took off at speeds over 80 mph when the officer started to walk toward the vehicle. Bend Police initiated, but quickly terminated a pursuit. They saw the pickup turn onto Nels Anderson Road, then Nels Anderson Place, which is a dead end. Officers found the vehicle in the Central Oregon Roofing parking lot and the driver, 46-year-old Jonathan Wallace, was taken into custody without incident.
Wallace is charged with DUII, Felony Driving While Suspended and Attempt to Elude.