Robbery suspects lead police on a chase from Vancouver to Portland
VANCOUVER, Wash. - A couple of suspected robbers hit up a Subway restaurant and gas station Sunday morning and then led police on an interstate chase in a stolen car.
It all started around 7:45 a.m. when police in Vancouver were called to a robbery at the Subway at 1125 S.E. 163rd Avenue. An employee told officers that a man wearing a bandanna walked in, implied he had a weapon and demanded money. He got away with some cash and a bag of Sun Chips that he grabbed on the way out.
A few minutes later, the Chevron gas station at 16406 S.E. 26th Street was robbed. The cashier was able to give officers a vehicle description and license plate number.
Vancouver police spotted the vehicle on East Mill Plain Boulevard and followed it down Interstate 205 and across the state line into Portland.
Portland police then joined in the pursuit. Officers gave chase to the vehicle near the area of Interstate 205 and Marine Drive/Airport Way. At Northeast 148th and Halsey, the vehicle left the roadway and became disabled.
Police then swooped in and took the two men who were in the vehicle into custody. They were later identified as 21-year-old Jerry Lee Venters and 27-year-old Eric Robert Leonard. The two were booked into the Multnomah County jail pending extradition to Washington state.
Investigators discovered that the vehicle in question had been stolen from a JC Penney parking lot. The owner of the vehicle, who was shopping, didn't know what had happened until police contacted her.
Is "...hit up a Subway ..." the same as robbed, or were they looking for a date...?
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They "hit up" a Subway restaurant? Â Are 17 year olds writing these articles? Â
"He got away with some cash and a bag of Sun Chips that he grabbed on the way out."
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Breakfast of champions...NOT!
I started listening to this chase on the scanner at 8:00 AM when they were mid span on the bridge. In no time they were on 185th & Marine Dr, then heading east again on Sandy to 148th, then south again. Cops had roads blocked off and spike strips down on roads he might go on and were given the go ahead to use a pit maneuver. Never knew exactly how they got him stopped on 148th and Halsey til I read this story, but next thing I knew they had the driver in custody, who told them the passenger had a gun in his waistband. Then they had the passenger, cleared the car and opened the roads again by 8:27! Nice job police!
I-205 should be a lift bridge like I-5. Easy way to prevent the cross border pursuits.
If we started adapting tougher penalties like China, such as cutting their hands off, this crap wouldn't occur as much you can bet on that.
Hey "squekee" You've got your countries mixed up. Hands cut off for stealing is conservative
Middle Eastern countries. China would put them in jail for 20 years of hard labor, where they
have to earn their keep. It's run like a military boot camp. These two sissys would never last!
@Older than dirt  You'e right. It's the middle eastern countries who do that.Â
@squekee Then we'd have to support them for the rest of their lives on welfare.