He would’ve escaped if not for the 12 beers, man reportedly tells deputies after chase

A man accused of leading Pierce County sheriff’s deputies on a high-speed chase allegedly told them he would have escaped had he not been drunk.

The 32-year-old man was charged with trying to elude police, driving under the influence and felony harassment.

Court records and the Sheriff’s Department gave this account of the incident Sunday in the Spanaway area.

Deputies said they spotted the man speeding about 6:15 a.m. near the 15700 block of 22nd Avenue East. When they started pursuing him, the car sped up to about 99 miles per hour.

Ultimately, he lost control of the car and crashed into a wall near 152nd Street East and Brookdale Road East.

The man smelled like alcohol and admitted to drinking 12 beers, deputies said.

At one point he bragged that he could have escaped if he’d been more sober, investigators noted.

He’d managed to escape police before, he said.

“The defendant was very uncooperative and had some very unkind things to say to the officer, including expressing a desire to have non-consensual sex with the officer(s),” charging papers say.

This story was originally published October 31, 2018 at 8:00 AM.