A person was arrested after police mentioned he stole a supply truck on Friday in Oregon whereas an worker was nonetheless contained in the truck’s cargo space.
Just earlier than 4:30 a.m. on November 15, Milwaukie Police have been referred to as to a report of a piece cargo truck that had simply been stolen from the warehouse car parking zone.
The enterprise, Elephants Delicatessen, reported a supply truck was operating and being loaded by workers for the day when a person jumped into the truck.
Security footage reveals the suspect entering into the truck cab and driving away, whereas an worker, who was nonetheless inside, is compelled to leap from the again of the transferring truck because it sped away.
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“[the truck] began transferring even quicker after which that is once I began to carry on to no matter I may maintain on to,” Esmeralda, the worker working within the truck advised KGW8. “He slowed down for a bit earlier than hitting the railroad tracks, and so, I jumped off.”
Police mentioned, thankfully, she solely sustained minor accidents.
Witnesses advised officers on the scene that the truck was outfitted with a GPS monitoring gadget. However, following a examine of the world, officers weren’t in a position to find the truck.
Later within the day, workers of the deli knowledgeable police that the van had been noticed round Portland, in accordance with information from the GPS monitoring system.
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With the help of the Beaverton Police Department, the truck was situated and the suspected thief, 29-year-old Forrest Lee Guayante of Aberdeen, Washington, was nonetheless inside.
When police tried to cease the truck, Guayante allegedly rammed the police automobile with the truck and tried to get away.
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However, the truck was stopped by heavy visitors and so Guayante allegedly deserted the truck and ran away on foot by enterprise parking tons and neighborhood yards.
Officers have been in a position to observe him down with the assistance of a police Okay-9 and arrest him.
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Guayante was booked within the Washington County Jail and charged with unauthorized use of a car, reckless endangering, try and elude, hit-and-run and illegal possession of methamphetamine.
He additionally faces fees of kidnapping, felony mischief, theft and fraudulent use of a bank card, in accordance with the Milwaukie Police Department.