PORT ANGELES — A 38-year-old Joyce man who led authorities on a 13.3-mile pursuit Friday will be charged Wednesday in Clallam County Superior Court.
Roy R. West is being held in Clallam County jail on investigation of attempting to elude a police vehicle, resisting arrest and third-degree driving with a suspended license.
Clallam County sheriff’s deputies said he was driving “occasionally in a reckless manner which threatened the citizens,” court records show.
Clallam County Superior Court Judge George L. Wood set West’s bail at $10,000.
“The alleged eluding went over a period of 20 minutes,” Wood said in the bail hearing. “There was a considerable effort to get Mr. West to pull over, and he didn’t do that.”
The chase started near Sutter Road east of Port Angeles and ended at 860 Thornton Road north of Sequim.
Deputies said West lost control of the vehicle he was driving and crashed it into a ditch.