'High-priority' repeat offender chased down, arrested after fleeing Pierce Co. deputies
'High-priority' repeat offender chased down, arrested after fleeing Pierce Co. deputies
Pierce County deputies chased down and arrested a high-priority repeat offender after a foot chase in Parkland earlier this month.
PARKLAND, Wash. - Pierce County deputies chased down and arrested a high-priority repeat offender after a foot chase in Parkland earlier this month.
On March 14 at 11:43 a.m., a Pierce County sergeant spotted a suspicious pickup truck at a well-known nuisance property in Parkland.
According to the sheriff’s department, the residence is notorious for several drive-by shootings and stolen vehicles recovered there. The sergeant ran the plates and found the truck was reported stolen at gunpoint out of Edgewood 12 days earlier.
Authorities say deputies kept an eye on the truck, and eventually a known violent offender, 33-year-old Monteece Brewer, got into it and drove off.
Deputies followed the truck to another nearby residence and went to arrest Brewer, who rammed two patrol cars, then climbed up onto them and jumped from car to car to escape.
He ran down the street from deputies, but a sergeant caught up with him and subdued him with a Taser, then arrested him.
Deputies found a gun inside the stolen truck.
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He was deemed a "high priority" offender and has convictions dating back to 2009, including robbery, assault and unlawful possession of a firearm.
In one incident on the day after Christmas in 2022, he allegedly paid for items at a Lakewood Target using $1,000 in counterfeit cash. He also allegedly stole several items that same day and assaulted a loss prevention officer who tried to stop him, according to court documents.
According to court documents, he was caught at least twice in 2022 having an assault-style rifle on him.
The man was booked into jail for his arrest warrants, second-degree robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm. Prosecutors added two counts of second-degree assault and obstruction, and the man’s bail was set at $75,000.