A wanted man and a teenager were apprehended in Gresham after a Northeast Portland traffic check developed into a police chase in a stolen SUV early Friday evening.
Patrol officers saw a stolen Land Rover Defender moving from Northeast 126th Avenue to Northeast Glisan Street shortly before 6 p.m.
Officers pulled over the SUV near Northeast Hoyt and 162nd Avenue and identified the driver as 20-year-old Quahar Bell, who had outstanding warrants for escaping police custody and unlawful possession of firearms.
Police said Bell then drove away, but officers punctured the Rover’s tires with spike strips.
Bell and two passengers then abandoned the SUV on the 16300 block of Northeast Wasco Street in Gresham.
PPB and Gresham cops set up a perimeter, with drones and a PPB K9 tracking them.
Although all three were subsequently apprehended and detained, one was later released, authorities added.
Officers also recovered one pistol inside the car and another while tracking the suspects.
Bell was placed into the Multnomah County Detention Center on charges of illegal use of a motor vehicle, attempting to avoid police, reckless endangerment, reckless driving, and possession of a stolen car, in addition to his previous warrants.
A 17-year-old kid was arrested at the Donald E. Long Juvenile Detention Center for unauthorized possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of a loaded firearm while in public.
