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Police chase ends in crash, charges

Keith KINNAIRD<br | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 16 years, 2 months AGO
by Keith KINNAIRD<br
| September 18, 2009 9:00 PM

SANDPOINT — A Bonner County man was jailed Tuesday after crashing his Harley-Davidson motorcycle in Sagle in a failed attempt to outrun a sheriff’s deputy.

Philip Anthony Patterson is charged with felony eluding. At the time of the pursuit, Patterson was wanted on warrants for failing to appear in court on a charge of first-degree stalking and violating the terms of probation in a felony drug case.

Patterson, 51, was ordered held without bond on the probation violation. Judge Barbara Buchanan set his bail at $150,000 on the other charges on Wednesday, court documents show.

A sheriff’s deputy clocked Patterson’s speed at 74 miles per hour in a 35 mph zone on Gun Club Road, court records allege. Patterson turned onto Spades Road and then down a private driveway, where he crashed into a canoe and was apprehended.

Several days before the pursuit, Patterson was a no-show at a hearing on a charge alleging he stalked a former girlfriend last month, resulting in a bench warrant and the violation of his probation in a 2007 methamphetamine possession charge, court documents said.

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