Fugitive arrested in Tacoma after ramming patrol cars, trying to evade police

TACOMA, Wash. - A fugitive accused of ramming police patrol cars to escape law enforcement in Tacoma was released after posting $30,000 bail.

Pierce County deputies, FBI, DOC and Tacoma Police moved to arrest 33-year-old Marcel Kiere Wesley on illegal firearm charges, and who the sheriff’s department claim is an "armed career criminal."

On July 27 around 3 p.m., they located Wesley at an AM/PM gas station near SR-7 and S 88th St.

A patrol car turned on its emergency lights and drove toward Wesley's car, and he put it in drive and slammed into the cruiser. Police say Wesley reversed and crashed into the gas station, then slammed into the police car several more times before police finally pinned his vehicle.

Law enforcement ordered him to keep his hands outside the vehicle, but say he kept reaching around in his car for something.

An officer broke his back window and tried to open the driver-side door, at which point Wesley reached for something between the center console and the seat.

The sheriff’s office says before Wesley could grab what they presumed was a gun, law enforcement was able to take him into custody. Wesley was treated at the hospital and booked into jail for four counts of second-degree assault, first- and second-degree malicious mischief, two counts of reckless endangerment and his two warrants.

Deputies searched his vehicle and found a loaded pistol, 82 grams of fentanyl, cocaine, crack and two stolen credit cards.

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Wesley's bail was set at $30,000, which he posted Tuesday and was released.