Suspected car thief rams motorcycle officer at Alderwood Mall
LYNNWOOD, Wash. -- A wanted man slammed his car into a motorcycle officer and crashed into a parked car at the Alderwood Mall while trying to escape on Sunday evening, officials said.
Lynnwood police spokeswoman Shannon Sessions said the officer sustained a leg injury and was taken to a hospital for treatment.
Sessions said the officer went to the mall about 7:15 p.m. after a security guard called police to report that a man matching the description of a suspected car thief was in the food court.
The officer arrived, pulled his gun and tried to stop the man as he was driving away. That's when the man accelerated and crashed into the officer, Sessions said.
The wanted man's car then went through some landscaping, across a sidewalk and crashed into two parked cars.
Sessions said a woman who was in one of the cars that was hit was not seriously hurt.
Police identified the suspect as Jacob Harrison and booked him into the Snohomish County Jail for investigation of assault on a police officer, felony eluding and possession of a stolen vehicle.
In an interview with police after his arrest, Harrison admitted he had taken meth a few hours before the incident, according to a statement of probable cause. He told detectives when he got in the car at the mall "the cop pulled up on front of me and I panicked" and then he turned on the car and "just hit the gas."
"I guess I hit him and his motorcycle," Harrison added.
During his first court appearance Monday, Harrison was ordered held on $100,000 bail.
Harrison is also suspected in at least two prior car thefts, police said.
Lynnwood police spokeswoman Shannon Sessions said the officer sustained a leg injury and was taken to a hospital for treatment.
Sessions said the officer went to the mall about 7:15 p.m. after a security guard called police to report that a man matching the description of a suspected car thief was in the food court.
The officer arrived, pulled his gun and tried to stop the man as he was driving away. That's when the man accelerated and crashed into the officer, Sessions said.
The wanted man's car then went through some landscaping, across a sidewalk and crashed into two parked cars.
Sessions said a woman who was in one of the cars that was hit was not seriously hurt.
Police identified the suspect as Jacob Harrison and booked him into the Snohomish County Jail for investigation of assault on a police officer, felony eluding and possession of a stolen vehicle.
In an interview with police after his arrest, Harrison admitted he had taken meth a few hours before the incident, according to a statement of probable cause. He told detectives when he got in the car at the mall "the cop pulled up on front of me and I panicked" and then he turned on the car and "just hit the gas."
"I guess I hit him and his motorcycle," Harrison added.
During his first court appearance Monday, Harrison was ordered held on $100,000 bail.
Harrison is also suspected in at least two prior car thefts, police said.
And some liberal panty wasted judge will let him out because the cops scared him when he was on meth....
Restitution for all parties affected by his actions and if not able to do that then he stays in prison until he can pay everyone back while he pays for his incarceration as well. Tired of states babysitting these losers. Everyone's actions have repercussions if you screw up. There should be a high price to pay if you want to act like society's rules don't apply to you. Same with the idiots that are so quick to pull a gun to settle a conflict. Time to grow up and act like a responsible citizen. If you can't contribute in a positive way, then please check yourself out of this society. It is a lot more cost effective than to incarcerate and supposedly rehabilitate you. Bad investment all around.
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@NickyHarts1Â No thanks spammer.
I used meth, so I can't be held responsible for my actions... .....  .....Â
Throw the book at him and make sure it is the unabridged version of the dictionary for all languages of the world...
Hope he spends plenty of time in jail. Concerning the Meth, I hope it adds to the charges and isn't some mitigating factor.Â
When you threaten someone's life (especially a cop) it shouldn't matter whether you're sober or not!
Future Headline...
Suspected Car Thief Gets Much Deserved Beatdown In County Jail
- citizens are amused
He should be charged with attempted murder of a police officer.  He needs to be locked up for a long long time. There is no room in society for pieces of crap like him.... but oh wait, I'm waiting for his momma to come out and proclaim what a good boy he is.  If she does, all I would want to say to her is that if she actually did her job as a mother, she wouldn't have spawned this idiot.
He never was good at parallel parking.
Ah yes the poor man's cocaine is once again part of the story...
Hope it's part of the crime.
Perhaps this zombie will be rehabilitated and turn his life around.....oh wait....he's a zombie and there is only ONE cure.Â
And the man is waiting for his slap on the wrist and be released
The "social justice" set rasies some valid points but should also remember that cops face people like this on a regular basis and it is NOT the same as questioning, detaining, arresting someone like most of us here.
never bring a motorcycle to a car fight.
The legislature needs to make car thefts (and burglars) do some serious time in prison. It's a joke. I have zero tolerance for thieves. Perhaps a hand or arm amputation would also do the trick or a bullet to the head. Bottom of the barrel of humanity.Â
I'm sick of the crazy car stealing drug addicts that put everyone else's lives in danger. Send his a-- to Attu Island. No roads there. No cars to steal. No drugs. No people. Miserable damp weather 360 days a year. Good place for him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attu_Island
@Ankle Biter I think the people who OWN Attu (the Aleuts) would rather like to have a say in this arrogant and presumptuous taking of their property and land. Seems rather in the same vein as GTA to me...
@JLS1950Â @Ankle Biter Actually the US Government owns it. Attu has no current residents. Nobody wants to live there because the weather is so nasty with only 5-10 clear days a year. Perfect place for meth heads.
Assault are you serious?.... dude that is attempted murder! - Put this likely multiple offender to death and save the taxpayers of WA state some money...we are in a budget crisis aren't we!?! .. what good will some piece of trash like this do society... (likely less than nothing!) Execute him and be done with it!
@Freespeech The reason why they charge him with assault is because it's a lot easier to prove than attempted murder. With attempted murder, you have to establish a motive. This guy was just trying to escape.
@Zoso @Freespeech 'Trying to escape by taking out the pursuer...' Sounds like motive to me... along with knowing the system will slap them on the wrist and put them back out again... what a load of hooey! I would gladly supply the bullet....
I agree with you on that thought, but, unfortunately, lawyers could twist a clear statement into something that is not even recognisable for anyone to read.
Claim ... Jumper
Lucky the officer(s) didn't put em' down like a rabid dog.... (jeepers) :(
Lucky for him, he didn't try that in Seattle... bullets would have been flying... Not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing... just thinking about what housing this creaton will cost us tax payers..
We need a new law, one that requires inmates to work to produce something to offset the cost of their keep...
In Fla they still have road gangs.
OBVIOUSLY the real victim here is the individual arrested. See, he was SUCH a good boy! He would NEVER even consider doing such a thing!Â
Want to bet how soon KOMO this turns into a police brutality story???
@VÂ I dunno. Reply back when they actually do, which I seriously doubt.
I feel really sorry for the owners of the vehicles. The way insurance companies work, they will never recoup their losses.Â
Name of this person who was intent on injuring (at least) a police officer? Although he matched the desription of a car thief, had he already been officially identified as such by someone other than a mall security guard?
With all the parties he now has to answer to, he'll be in the SCJ a lot longer than a day...
That what ya call a speed trap.
And he was just starting to turn his life arou..... OH wrong guy....
Was going on Monday to sign up for college too..........just needed a car to get there.
He'll be out before morning and when goes to trial he will talk about how life has been so rough to him and the liberal judge will let him free as long as he promises not to do it anymore............
Car theft...assault. I'd argue attempted manslaughter ought to be added to that mix.
Plus - driving while being a moron.Â