By Martin Bilbao
The Olympian (Olympia, Washington)

OLYMPIA, Wash. – A 39-year-old driver is accused of evading Thurston County officials in a stolen truck from the Olympia School District early Friday morning.

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Officers arrested Kyle Alan Taylor after a high-speed chase that began near Yelm Highway and Rich Road and ended at a dead end in the Rochester area.

Taylor appeared in court later that day in Thurston County Superior Court. Judge Christopher Lanese found several felony charges, including theft of a motor vehicle, attempting to elude a police vehicle, second-degree burglary and second-degree malicious damage to property.

Lanese set bail at $50,000 because the court could not be sure Taylor would appear in court if required. He also said there was a significant risk that Taylor could commit a violent crime, court records show.

Sheriff Derek Sanders shared video of the chase in a Facebook post. Officers intercepted the truck after the driver, whom police identified as Taylor, fled from Olympia police, the post said.

Chehalis Tribal Police spiked the truck’s tires and police attempted a precision immobilization technique (PIT) maneuver, but it was unsuccessful, the post said. Taylor eventually drove to a dead end and surrendered to police.

According to the post and court documents, Olympia police allege Taylor stole the truck during a break-in from an Olympia School District maintenance yard and rammed a fence to exit the yard.

A probable cause statement describes the investigation into the alleged crimes from the law enforcement perspective.

According to court documents, Olympia police responded to a call about “suspicious circumstances” in the 2250 block of Swecker Avenue Southeast around 10:53 p.m. Thursday.

Several people had called 911 about a man who had been going door to door claiming he had run out of gas in the area. The man was reportedly associated with a green SUV located in the 2500 block of Swecker Avenue Southeast.

The license plate showed that the vehicle was registered to Taylor. However, officers were unable to locate Taylor in the area after searching for over an hour.

Based on Taylor’s previous interactions with police, officers believed Taylor had abandoned his vehicle and was going to steal another one in the area.

Shortly before midnight, one of the officers spotted a white pickup truck with a flatbed in the 2500 block of Boulevard Road Southeast. The truck was reportedly traveling at over 80 miles per hour in a 35 mph zone.

The officer followed the truck and initiated a traffic stop, but the driver, later identified as Taylor, did not stop. The officer disengaged and sheriff’s officers pulled up behind the vehicle to attempt another traffic stop. Again, officers reported that Taylor did not yield.

Taylor reportedly led officers on a 30-minute high-speed chase to a dead end in the 19600 block of Grand Mound Way Southwest in Rochester, where he surrendered.

Deputies noted that the truck bore an Olympic School District badge and the license plate was registered to the district, the statement said.

A school district employee met with the Olympia police officer who initially spotted the truck and reportedly confirmed that the truck belonged to the district.

The employee also showed the officer the maintenance yard where the truck was taken. The statement said a “significant portion” of the fence was “severely damaged and torn down,” directly behind where the truck was previously parked.

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