April trial set for man charged after Port Angeles car chase

Published 12:01 am Tuesday, March 1, 2016

PORT ANGELES — Christopher Michael White, the Port Angeles man charged after an early-morning car chase last week, faces an April 25 trial in Clallam County Superior Court.

White, 26, pleaded not guilty Friday to attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle and violating a domestic violence no-contact order.

Port Angeles police alleged that White sped away from the Port Angeles Jack in the Box parking lot in a Dodge passenger car when contacted by a uniformed officer at about 2:42 a.m. last Monday.

White allegedly reached speeds of up to 50 mph as he led police on a chase along Race, Fourth, Francis, Fifth, Chase, 10th and Laurel streets.

After hitting a curb near 10th and Chase, White allegedly exited the car and fled on foot.

He was arrested as he tried to climb a nearby fence, police said in the affidavit for probable cause.

White had been ordered by a judge to have no contact with the passenger in the vehicle. The passenger was also the car owner, police said.

White is being held in the Clallam County jail on $50,000 bail and a state Department of Corrections hold.

He had a DOC warrant for escaping community custody, police said.

Clallam County Superior Court Judge Christopher Melly scheduled a status hearing for March 25.

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Reporter Rob Ollikainen can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 56450, or at rollikainen@peninsuladailynews.com.