OSP traffic stop leads to police search in Brentwood-Darlington

Published 12:00 am Sunday, September 29, 2024

By DAVID F. ASHTON
For THE BEE

A Portland Police K-9 Team and other officers try to sniff out the suspect who fled from an Oregon State Police Trooper along the Springwater Corridor Trail.

Breaking news comes to our attention in different ways. Sometimes a reader alerts us, or we’re notified by an emergency responding agency. But sometimes we just stumble across a story…

On Saturday evening, August 31st, at about 7:30 p.m., we came across dozens of Portland Police cars, several Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office patrol units, and a couple of Oregon State Police (OSP) cruisers parked along S.E. 82nd Avenue of Roses.

We then turned into the Brentwood-Darlington neighborhood in the southeast edge of the City of Portland and began to come across the officers from all those cars – and that got our attention!

These law enforcement officers were setting up a perimeter to contain and catch a suspect south of S.E. 82nd Avenue, along Harney Street south to Luther Road. Specifically, officers were moving along the Springwater Corridor Trail, and in and around Johnson Creek.

An East Precinct officer in the area told THE BEE that they hadn’t been dispatched through the 9-1-1 Center. Instead, they were providing “mutual aid” or “backup” to the Oregon State Police. Another officer said that an OSP Trooper had been injured.

Not long after the incident concluded, OSP Government and Media spokesperson Captain Kyle Kennedy provided details.

“OSP initiated a traffic stop on a suspect vehicle for multiple violations on SR-213 [S.E. 82nd Avenue] near Luther Road.

“The suspect passenger had an outstanding warrant for her arrest out of Clark County [in Washington State],” Kennedy continued. “After being advised she was under arrest, the suspect passenger resisted and ran away. There was a use of force that ensued – Taser deployment – and an attempt to take her into custody.”

But the lady evidently was quite familiar with the area and managed to disappear.

“While pursuing the suspect on foot, a trooper was injured and an attempt to locate the suspect passenger was unsuccessful,” revealed Kennedy.

The unidentified “suspect passenger” is still at large, but there’s still a warrant for her arrest, and the investigation continues.

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