Arson suspect will plead guilty

Published 1:30 am Tuesday, October 26, 2021

PORT ANGELES — A man at a Blyn convenience store who allegedly set fire to gasoline before driving a stolen pickup truck into a State Patrol vehicle could serve nine years in prison.

Under a Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office recommendation, that could be just the beginning of David Scott Johnson’s incarceration related to the June 1 chain of incidents that began at the Longhouse Market in Blyn.

The chase ended about 10 miles away, south of Discovery Bay, with a crash that caused injuries to Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officer Alfred L. Alderson, 55, who has yet to return to work five months later.