Dog tracks down driver after hit-and-run crash
BORING, Ore. — A Clackamas County sheriff's police dog tracked down a driver who ran away after crashing into a utility pole on Highway 224 near Boring Tuesday evening.
Oregon State Police said Erik B. Sharp, 36, left an injured woman trapped in the car.
Sharp was found after a two-hour search. The Oregon City man was treated at Mount Hood Medical Center and charged with driving under the influence, reckless driving and hit-and-run.
38-year-old Jodie Clark of Arizona was rescued by a fire department crew from Boring and treated and released at Mount Hood Medical Center.
What a jerk. Hope they take away his license for good...and make him wear a bigass device that makes it impossible for him to get behind the wheel ever again.
At least he didn't walk into a Starbucks...
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Great job K-9 unit! Good to see those awesome dogs doing what they love to do!
WTG, CCSO officer and K-9..! Â Â Those dogs and their human LE partners are just the best..! Â Â :-)
I could understand leaving the scene to go for help (eg: if you didn't have a cell phone), but that doesn't seem to have been the case here... and if it wasn't, then this guy is a real sub-human piece of trash...Â
 @margay1 Yep many drunks tend to run. I had one that almost hit us head on had I not swerved up on the curb to avoid it.
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Shortly after passing me I saw him slide sideways turn intersection over an embankment and crashed in a field. By the time I got turned around and back to the scene another vehicle had stopped and the guy was up on the street.
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She was a nurse who was trying to check the guy out for injuries but he pushed her away and started taking off. At that point she yelled to me and a few of the neighbors that had come out of the house that he had been drinking and to stop him.
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Luckily for cell phones I was on the phone with 911 telling the operator myself and a concerned neighbor were following a drunk who had just crashed. We did not try to physically stop him but told him we're just going to keep following you until the police get here so you might as well stop and wait.
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He continued about a block away to a church we followed them all the way through it talking to him a few times. By the time he tried to exit the church the police were there and proceeded to test and arrest him.
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Never did hear what happened to him though...
 @FreedomRocks ~  Sounds like a rather exciting experience (that might've been a whole lot MORE exciting, had it not been for your good reflexes while driving)..!  Â
Good for you and the neighbor, for following the DUI on foot, keeping track of him until the police could get there..! Â Â
Citizens helping the police to catch these people is a VERY good thing... Now, if we could just find a way to make their SENTENCES tough enough so they pay attention...or at least keep them off the road.. Â Â
 @FreedomRocks ~  That is, indeed, sad, Freedom... and it's got to be really frustrating for family members, because with the "repeaters", there just doesn't seem to be any way to get through to them... the addiction, whether it's alcohol or drugs or both, is stronger than anything else, and nothing anyone else can say or do will end it until the addicted person him/herself is ready to admit the problem, take responsibility, and make the change.   Unless and until that happens, you are right; they need to be locked up, as you say, "for all our safety"...Â
 @margay1 Sadly I have a family member on DUI 6. Has spend 3 months in jail on one and 6 months home bracelet another. Now has sensor in the car but I am betting number 7 is coming. He should be locked up for all our safety.
Good dog,... Can we get a photo of this K-9 police officer and their human Officer?
@Arcanix I always like it when the mutts get their picture in the paper. I would much rather see their face than the tards they have to chase down. K-9 teams are the best!
This is the kind of guy who would use his own Mother for a human shield. What a pathetic excuse for a human being!
Hopefully the dog got to chew on him for a while as a reward. What a tool....leaving your injured girlfriend just so you don't get a ticket.  With friends like this guy, who needs enemies?
So, you are stupid enough to drive drunk or stoned, Wreck your car, but even worse, leave a injured friend behind? Real winner there. He is in the running for a$-$hole of the year award, and it's only the 8th of January.
Good job officer K-9. Give that dog a bone (or suitable tasty treat of his/her choice..)
There's a dog with perpass.
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Obviously when you're drunk or high you're not thinking clearly...but all I can think now is that it's just that much worse if you run. He probably would've been lucky but now he just looks like a huge jerk for living his FRIEND in the car and then leaving in general.
Looks as if Erik is so Sharp he just about cut himself!
I hope  Erik B. Sharp doesn't give Sunnyslope a bad rap.