Wanted man fires up meth pipe after police chase
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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."
I really wish they'd snapped a few shots of him twirling his bowl. It would have been great sport to post on social media, but it would also have made for a very, very quick court case.
Gonna toke, toke, toke
Till daddy takes the Charger awayyyyyyy!
Ok so another Candidate for the DUII/Shine Reality show to go along with the Crackhead who carjacked the SUV and wrecked it and the Guy who flew his Beemer onto the MAX Tracks. How do these people continue to consume Oxygen?
If that woman has a brain left, she needs to leave this guy before it turns abusive.
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Let me guess...was it in a Walmart parking lot?
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way to spoil their meth head date
If she had the court order barring him from being with his wife, then she violated the court order herself. The violation should be tagged on her, and the others put onto him, as he was an idiot for everything else he did.
Ya can't fix stupid.....
But you CAN put it in Jail!
"Quit chasing me, dudes! I'm just trying to light my pipe!"
What a dumbass
To quote President David Palmer.................."Indeed."
"The couple was separated and the man had a court order barring him from being with his wife."
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Now that is the first time I have ever heard of a court order not working.
 @RalphCramden Yeah, and the inferrence from the article is that she willingly went to dinner with him.Â
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On the positive side, it's just another charge they can stack against him.Â
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I have to give him style points for smoking the meth after he was caught. He knew it would be his last for a while.
I'm suprised that he did not get a Distroying Evidance charge.
 @RalphCramden  @MarkKpic Honestly, the first thought I had was 'crazy like a fox'.Â
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PCS- methamphetamine charge & sentencing is undoubtedly more severe than DUII. Once it's smoked, the best charge they'll get is possession of Drug paraphernalia with residue and/or DUII (if they can prove it).Â
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If he had the drug on him, it would be (in OR) a M11 crime.Â
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Not sure if I give him credit for being that calculating, but it was a thought that came to mind.
I'll be doing the 9 to 5 while he is doing 5 to 9.
He got into the car saying, "Here. Hold my meth pipe"
 @WendyTeagarden that's when I'd be like "well, sure is a nice night for walking...bye"
...and now it's time to play "Legal or Illegal?" Â Audience please grab your buzzers and chime in....
@archon312 He's an illegal Russian, Mexican, Wondering Biker Jew from Somalia.
Sgt McCurdy should get a Peabody for his accurate summary of the scenario...
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'"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."
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LOL.... 'Things didn't go well after that.' :-)
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That's just funny right there...
Good reading thats for sure.
And apparently he has no name. Weird.
@medborgare He is from a lost primitive civilization and scientists have given him the name of "The Burien Man".
Date night was going so well that it was likely to end with some intimate unclothed time together. But tragic destiny intervened and the brave man took one last smoke before facing his punishment. Meanwhile, the woman was denied the loving reunification with her mate she had so hoped for.
The white zone is for getting loaded and unloading only.
 @WendyTeagarden No, the RED zone is for loading and unloading....don't give me that crap, Alice...an abortion is a perfectly good option....
@archon312 I see you failed Zappa101. The Central Scrutinizer will be at your house shortly.
It's been a long time since I was 13
Make sure you say that in a hoarse whisper...The Central SCRUtinizer..."Â Â :)
 @Dirtman  Lyrics, "Son of Suzy Creamcheese", Frank Zappa:
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You see the strobe-light flashes and hear the music clashes you experience a whole new dimension in sound you have to open up those minds and take a triple-nine and you'll never ever have to come out.
@archon312 @WendyTeagardenÂ
Male: The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the red zone.
Female: The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the red zone.
Male:Â The red zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the white zone.
Female: No, the white zone is for loading of passengers and there is no stopping in a RED zone.
Male: The red zone has always been for loading and unloading of passengers. There's never stopping in a white zone.
Femaler: Don't you tell me which zone is for loading, and which zone is for stopping!
Male: Listen Betty, don't start up with your white zone sh-t again.
Male: There's just no stopping in a white zone.
Female: Oh really, Vernon? Why pretend, we both know perfectly well what this is about. You want me to have an abortion.
Male: It's really the only sensible thing to do, if its done safely. Therapeutically there's no danger involved.
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 @WendyTeagarden Suzy Creamcheese?
 @WendyTeagarden Dam! thought it was an Airplane reference
I know I always get lost at SEATAC.
Why do some women insist on getting back together with losers like this? Â Oh right... he had meth.
Meth is a monster. Don't do it.
"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."
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So the police wrecked their evening. How inconsiderate. I mean, they could have waited until at least she pulled the "not tonight, I'm tired" routine. So my other burning question is, who paid for the gas?
@Jamie To paraphrase Dudley Moore: " I'd have to go to a gas station to meet a man of his caliber."
"She was screaming the whole time for him to stop,"
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Dam nagging wives.
@Kushfan -
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"She was screaming the whole time for him to stop,"
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Sorta like your last sexual encounter, eh what?
@Kushfan She was screaming: Don't! Stop! Don't! Stop! Don't stop! Don't stop!
Quick, what's her number??
I ain't payin' $3.99 a minute.
866-BABE
@Kushfan I'll betcha he voted...she wasn't driving. She wudda been screamin and trying to, er, running him over....
you heard about that out in Gilbert right?
Yeah, that was one hell of a get out the vote campaign.Â
@AmFromHere It's certainly a more reasonable reason.
I wonder what the punishment for leaving the seat up would have been if not voting got you run over?