Police: Officers have hands full with suspect high on PCP

By Michael Harthorne Published: Feb 5, 2013 at 1:10 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 12:48 PM PDT

SEATTLE -- A man high on PCP gave officers all they could handle Monday afternoon, first fleeing from and fighting with officers after a reported robbery downtown then attempting to escape out a Harborview emergency exit, according to the Seattle Police Department.

Two bicycle officers spotted the suspect smoking marijuana just before noon at the corner of Second Avenue and Yesler Way. They were about to inform the suspect he still is not allowed to smoke pot in public when another man ran up and told officers the suspect had just stolen $20 from him.

According to the police, the suspect took off running, and officers caught up with him outside the Union Gospel Mission.

The man pushed and hit officers in the head and face and tried to grab one of the officer's Tasers when the officer tried to use it, according to police.

“The suspect put up quite a fight, pushing, pulling and kicking several officers after they arrived at the scene to help arrest the suspect,” Det. Mark Jamieson said in a press release.

Once officers had the suspect under control, they learned he was under Department of Corrections supervision, which his possession of marijuana put him in violation of. Oh, and he was also high on PCP, according to police.

Officers took the suspect to Harborview Medical Center for treatment prior to jail, and he tried to escape out an emergency exit, according to police.

It took police, hospital security and Washington State Patrol troopers to get the suspect under control.

He was booked into King County Jail for investigation of assault, investigation of drug possession and violation of his Department of Corrections supervision.

To paraphrase the Beastie Boys: All the police officers were making a fuss, but he couldn't pay attention cause he was (allegedly) on that dust.

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BuddyHolly

OMG I wish there was video to see all those cops getting tossed around like rag dolls.Â glad nobody was hurt and thank god the guy wasn't a wood carver

Central

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I wish they would show the videos of situations like these.Â Â If peopleÂ could seeÂ how a suspect can go from seemingly docile to combative maniac in mere seconds, they mightÂ have a better understanding of what cops have to face every day and not be so quick to judge (and scream "brutality") when cops try to arrest someone.

Windowseat

Just another day in the middle of slumtown...

ALTemp

Unrelated to the story, but "Once officers had the suspect under control, they learned he was under Department of Corrections supervision, which his possession of marijuana put him in violation of. Oh, and he was also high on PCP, according to police."

My 5 year oldÂ has betterÂ writing skills.....and she uses a Mac for gosh sakes!Â

northwestsurfer

There was nothing objective about this article. If I wanted to laugh at the news being reported, I would turn on The Daily Show.

Eric Hutcheson

Â @northwestsurferÂ Nothing objective? Â It states the facts that is how news is reported. Â

NW-Economist

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So I guess this is the kind of person that "enlightened" posters here like lakeview, socialjusticeforall, JLS, and what? would prevail upon the better judgment of to not harm them in a confrontation or robbery and hope they wouldn't illegally obtain a gun for such events.

It's tough enough for a sheep to placate a hungry wolf, throw drugs into the mix and you can forget it.

If you ban guns then only people like this will wind up getting them.Â

northwestsurfer

@NW-Economist I'm sure there is another debacle of a comment forum related to gun controlÂ somewhere on KOMO's website; this doesnt appear to be it though

lakeview

Â @northwestsurfer He's a very depressed individual who uses this forum to bring others down with him.Â

jlynnhood

Â @northwestsurferÂ @lakeviewÂ Had the low-life doper attacked the officer, or maybe a citizen (your wife, husband, child...)yeah, it happens EVERY DAY,...oh never mind.Â I would just be wasting my time trying to explain this to you.Â Just stay in your glass bubble and you will be safe...maybe.

wsmith_84

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"To paraphrase the Beastie Boys..." and "Oh, and he was also high on PCP..."Really, KOMO? Â Sure, yes, this is the Internet age and you run on a short news cycle, but this is not the local junior high school newspaper.

dg54321

Â @wsmith_84 Yeah.....I enjoy a joke as much as the next person, but come on.Â I know KOMO has their problems in terms of journalistic accuracy but that doesn't mean they can just give up and start making jokes or personal statements in their own news articles......