PORT ANGELES — A man wanted on a felony warrant remained in the Clallam County jail Saturday after deputies chased him through the east-side Safeway as he pushed bread carts in their path and then subdued him with a stun gun Friday.
Anthony Forshaw, 27, was arrested on investigation of obstructing a law enforcement officer, unlawful possession of a legend drug and bail jumping. He also is being held on a pre-existing felony warrant for his arrest.
No bond had been set as of Saturday.
Deputies say Forshaw was being sought on a Clallam County Superior Court bench warrant on charges related to theft and receiving stolen property when they spotted him coming from an abandoned house just east of the supermarket at 2709 E. U.S. Highway 101 at about 2 p.m. and tried to question him.
Forshaw fled on foot, throwing off his coat and “other various items” that turned out to include a vial containing an oxycodone pill, Sgt. Eric Munger of the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
Forshaw ran into the Safeway and tried to hide in a storage area at the rear of the store, then took off running again, pushing bread carts and other items at pursuing deputies, Munger said.
When Forshaw ran back into the public area of the store, deputies deployed a stun gun and incapacitated him, Munger said, and subsequently found the improperly labeled vial with the opiate painkiller.