Two arrested in Prineville after a vehicle pursuit in a stolen vehicle

Two people were arrested in Prineville on Friday following a vehicle pursuit in which the suspects attempted to elude police officers in multiple vehicles. Prineville Police attempted to stop a motorcycle at 11:53 a.m. on Friday near Northeast Laughlin Road when the man operating the motorcycle fled from officers before turning into a driveway where he lost control and crashed. Following the crash, the man jumped into the bed of pickup truck driven by a woman who attempted to strike an officer with her vehicle and fled down Northeast Laughlin Road. The woman turned onto Northeast Barnes Road eventually traveling onto Northeast Yellowpine Road. During the vehicle pursuit the man began throwing tools and other items from the bed of the pickup toward the patrol vehicles. While on Northeast Yellowpine Road near Yellowpine Park the man jumped out of the bed of the pickup truck and fled on foot into a residential yard. The woman continued to elude officers before crashing the pickup.

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