By Bob Walsh
Recently a passenger in a Ford F-150 called the county
911 system a bit after midnight on Route 27 in the Spokane Valley. The
passenger complained that she and the driver were being chased. They
were. By the Washington State Patrol.
Trooper
Ryan Senger spotted the truck speeding and weaving in and out of
traffic. Thinking the driver might be DUI he pursued. The driver,
Amanda M. Baporis, 28, refused to stop and in fact cranked it up to
100+. Her passenger then called the patrol, expressing the belief that
it was unconstitutional for the cops to chase her due to some
restructuring of pursuit rules back in 2021. Ms. Baporis was wrong.
The county switched the phone call to the state patrol.
The state patrol put out a spike strip disabling one of the truck's ties. They ended up in a field, stuck on a berm.
At
first the occupants refused to leave the vehicle. Finally the driver
and her two passengers decided to get out. (Maybe they had to pee.)
The
driver was arrested for DUI and attempting to evade. There were open
containers in the vehicle. The passengers were released. According to
Trooper Senger it is not uncommon for drivers to use 911 calls to
somehow shake off pursuit.
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