AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash. — A man accused of vehicle prowling in Airway Heights was arrested Tuesday after allegedly trying to run from police.
According to the Airway Heights Police Department (AHPD), officers received an alert from safety cameras of a car suspected of being involved in a vehicle prowling incident on March 24.
Officers located the car on Northern Quest Drive near the Northern Quest Casino. Once police stopped the vehicle, the driver rammed into an officer's car and took off through a landscaped area of the casino. Police pursued the driver until the car stopped from damage.
The driver, 34-year-old Douglas J. Farmer, exited the car and fled on foot with a female passenger. They were eventually detained by officers.
Farmer was booked into the Spokane County Jail for attempting to elude police, second-degree vehicle assault, first, second and third-degree malicious mischief, possession of fentanyl, vehicle prowling, third-degree theft and an outstanding escape from community custody warrant from the Department of Corrections.
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