WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2018
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Hermiston police troll for motorcycle rider who ditched chase
HERMISTON HERALD
The Hermiston Police
Department took to Face-
book to call out its suspect in
a Monday morning motorcy-
cle chase.
The pursuit began around
9:45 a.m. when an officer
tried stopping a blue Honda
Goldwing because the regis-
tration expired in 2016. The
officer turned on his police
car’s overhead lights, accord-
ing to a statement from
Hermiston police Lt. Randy
Studebaker, and the motor-
cyclists led police on a ride
that “went out into the county
and all over the south side of
town.”
Speeds through some city
streets reached 55 mph, and
out on Westland Road the
top speed was about 80 mph.
Studebaker said traffic was
light, and police constantly
evaluate the conditions of a
chase.
The rider ditched the bike
around 10 a.m. on the 1300
block of Southeast Ninth
Street near East Evelyn Ave-
nue and fled on foot. Police
impounded the Honda but
did not catch the rider.
Studebaker around 12:30
p.m. took to Facebook to
report officers have a good
associates. Plenty of officers
also saw the rider and bike.
“The cyclist’s helmet did
not cover his whole face,”
Studebaker stated in the post
addressed to Gray, “and we
feel he bore a striking resem-
blance to you. ... Weird,
huh?”
Studebaker invited Gray
to come on into the police
station to talk about the case.
Studebaker also stated he
idea who was hightailing it
on the Honda: Corey Timo-
thy Gray, 40 of Heppner.
Studebaker
explained
police suspect Gray because
officer found his identifica-
tion in a wallet on the motor-
cycle “along with a small
amount of what we suspect to
be controlled substance,” and
the rider left the motorcycle
near the home of someone
police think is one of Gray’s
attached a jail mug shot of
Gray “so there’s no doubt
who I’m trying to reach.”
Gray has not checked in
with his probation officer,
according to Studebaker, and
Hermiston police would be
happy to help him with that
as well.
The Facebook approach
might seem silly, but Stude-
baker said the last time he
tried this tactic, it worked.
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