Wanted man fires up meth pipe after police chase
BURIEN, Wash. -- Deputies say a wanted man started smoking methamphetamine after leading police on a long chase that went through Sea-Tac Airport early Wednesday.
Sgt. Patrick McCurdy said the bizarre incident began about 12:30 a.m. when a deputy spotted a stolen Dodge Charger at a Burien gas station.
When the deputy approached, the driver jumped back in the car and took off with his estranged wife in the passenger seat, leading police on a chase up and down Interstate 5, State Routes 518 and 509 and through the arrivals area at Sea-Tac.
McCurdy said the driver never went faster than about 80 mph and even slowed down when he twice led deputies through the airport pick-up road.
After about 20 minutes of chasing the driver, deputies used a PIT maneuver to force the car to stop.
"Immediately afterwards he apparently pulled out a methamphetamine pipe and started smoking right there in front of everybody," McCurdy said.
The man initially refused to get out of the car but eventually complied after a deputy tried to smash a side window on the Charger.
McCurdy said the Burien man was already wanted for a previous eluding incident. He will be booked into the King County Jail for the outstanding arrest warrant as well as investigation of felony eluding, possesion of a stolen vehicle, drug offenses and violating a court order.
"He's in trouble," McCurdy said. "He knew he had the warrant, and he knew the car was stolen."
The man's wife will likely not face any charges.
"She was screaming the whole time for him to stop," McCurdy said.
The couple was separated and the man had a court order barring him from being with his wife.
"Apparently he just showed up, re-entered her life recently with his fancy new car that turned out to be stolen," McCurdy said. "They went out to dinner tonight and everything was going well, according to her, then we found them at the gas station. Things didn't go well after that."
Sgt. Patrick McCurdy said the bizarre incident began about 12:30 a.m. when a deputy spotted a stolen Dodge Charger at a Burien gas station.
When the deputy approached, the driver jumped back in the car and took off with his estranged wife in the passenger seat, leading police on a chase up and down Interstate 5, State Routes 518 and 509 and through the arrivals area at Sea-Tac.
McCurdy said the driver never went faster than about 80 mph and even slowed down when he twice led deputies through the airport pick-up road.
After about 20 minutes of chasing the driver, deputies used a PIT maneuver to force the car to stop.
"Immediately afterwards he apparently pulled out a methamphetamine pipe and started smoking right there in front of everybody," McCurdy said.
The man initially refused to get out of the car but eventually complied after a deputy tried to smash a side window on the Charger.
McCurdy said the Burien man was already wanted for a previous eluding incident. He will be booked into the King County Jail for the outstanding arrest warrant as well as investigation of felony eluding, possesion of a stolen vehicle, drug offenses and violating a court order.
"He's in trouble," McCurdy said. "He knew he had the warrant, and he knew the car was stolen."
The man's wife will likely not face any charges.
"She was screaming the whole time for him to stop," McCurdy said.
The couple was separated and the man had a court order barring him from being with his wife.
"Apparently he just showed up, re-entered her life recently with his fancy new car that turned out to be stolen," McCurdy said. "They went out to dinner tonight and everything was going well, according to her, then we found them at the gas station. Things didn't go well after that."
One toke over the line.
What does have to lose smoking his meth? I mean after all he paid for it and after he was arrested it would only sit in the evidence room unused and wasted. After driving a stolen car, going on a chase with police, and being with his ex-wife who has a restraining order against him, smoking the meth pipe was the least of his problems.Â
Tatto on the neck, kind of like a poster child for "I know I don't have a job but ask me how I spend $500 a day on drugs"
First sentence says it all. Including the Burien caption.
maybe keep him IN JAIL THIS TIME!~!!... he knew it was his LAST PUFF PUFF.. LOL
Must have known his butt was going to be sitting behind bars for a long time so he needed to get high one more time!
Nice...things were going well for them...once he showed up with his fancy new car. What a classy lady.
He was trying to avoid a DUI charge. By lighting up after driving and before they could give him a field sobriety test, he can argue that he was sober during the chase and only impaired after smoking the pipe. Won't help him on the other charges but now he has an affirmative defense against DUI.
 @Root Please I wouldnt give him that much credit for thinking at all...........I would be more inclined to believe that he knew the cops would take and wanted one more high before spending the next several years in jail..........
 @Susabelle  @Root Please I was thinking he wanted one last high.
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Thank you KOMO for posting this story, I so needed a good laugh..........Thank god for stupid criminals and their not so bright wives.
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Violating a restraining order. Check!
Stealing a car. Check!
Running from the cops. Check!
Already have a warrant for arrest. Check!
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Well heck⦠might as well light up this meth pipe while Iâm at itâ¦.
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Talk about a comedy of errors.
Oh Honey - let's have a romantic date - dinner, high speed chase, a couple trips thru the airport, and some Meth - doesn't that sound like such a romantic time? Idiot!!! What do expect from a meth head.
Well, she might not be arrested this time but I have a hard time believing that a woman who thinks going out with a man who she has a restraining order against isn't on meth as well. Birds of a feather...
Ah yes he going to use the it was not me it was the meth BS excuse... give me a break! execute the person and be rid of this dim wit
Sure glad THIS zombie if off the streets for a little while. With any luck, he will have his "Come to Jesus" moment soon and will no longer suffer from the virus.
Smoke 'em if you got 'em.
memorable evening
What a wonderful reunion date! Â New car, dinner at Dennys, then a romantic drive complemented w/ a meth nightcap. Â
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@CCAngelo That's giving him a lot of credit... it was most like dinner at McDonalds... "Oh honey, you can have anything you want....off the dollar menu"
Now I heard it all. What a hell is wrong with people?
Well, it appears this is what you get when you Meth around and get in trouble...
Note to self: If you want to attract a woman, become a violent repeat felon meth smoking idiot.
 @Surveyor1 Dont forget to show up in a stolen Dodge Charger......stolen cars always scream "winner".........Wow I thought MY ex was bad.........
 @Susabelle For the record...I AM Susabelle's ex and the worse I ever stole was her heart.....
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Complete and total waste of oxygen.
I hope this one makes one of those stupid criminal shows.
@I Like Meat Danny Bonaduce would have fun with this one.
When Washington are you going to do something about the drug problem?
 @justsayin Not now, we are too busy trying to get the Fed's to go along with our plan to make pot legal.
Dumb and Dumber.
"The couple was separated and the man had a court order barring him from being with his wife."
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"Apparently he just showed up, re-entered her life recently with his fancy new car", "They went out to dinner tonight and everything was going well, according to her,"
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Hard to sympathize with her. She's down with a violent,  meth smoking loser....so long as he has a nice car and buys her dinner?  Â
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@newspuppy Chances are, she will go back to him....
"The mans wife will likely not face any charges'.....She should be charged for being stupid.
 @F4I If being stupid is now a crime, we need a hell of a lot more prisons.
The libs always talk about how costly it is to incarcerate people.  Never seem to count the costs of NOT keeping them confined.
 @newspuppy I seriously doubt any liberal would have a problem with this moron being incarcerated. Get over yourself. Not everything is a them vs us debate.
"ooh, you've got a new car! I must have been wrong about you, get over here!" Meth head Burien thinking.
The poor owner of the charger!
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Meth and heroin our plague
Oh those metheads!
All aboard the loser train..