Two Sweet Home men were arrested Thursday, Nov. 13, after a pursuit that ended in a crash at the corner of 1st Avenue and Main St.
According to Police Chief Jason Ogden, officers responded shortly after noon to a disturbance on West Holley Road that involved weapons. According to the Sweet Home police log, a caller reported that a male attempted to pull a female out of vehicle and was threatening to hit the caller with a hammer.
Ogden said those involved in the disturbance were gone by the time officers arrived, some of them in a silver Ram 1500 pickup.
About half an hour later, officers spotted that truck near Main Street and Holley Road and recognized the driver as 34-year-old Acea Lee Clark Anderson, who had an active felony warrant out of the Oregon State Parole Board.
When officers tried to stop Anderson in marked units with lights and siren, he immediately took off westbound on Main Street. According to Ogden, during the attempt to get away, Anderson crossed into oncoming lanes at one point and “was moving well above the speed limit.”
As he came up to 1st Avenue, Anderson tried to turn, lost control on the wet pavement, and went over the curb into the creek channel near Clover Park. Both Anderson and his passenger, 38-year-old Jason Scott, who also had a felony warrant., were injured and were taken to the hospital.
During the chase, Ogden said, “there was also a minor collision involving one of our marked units while officers were responding. The officer had lights and siren activated at the time and nobody was injured.
“The Linn County Sheriff’s Office handled that crash investigation, which is our standard practice whenever one of our vehicles is involved.”
LCSO reported that the collision was “minor,” involving “paint transfer,” but did not identify the other vehicle or driver involved.
Because of his injuries, Scott was cited and released for unlawful possession of methamphetamine, and the Linn County Parole and Probation Department handled his warrant, Ogden said.
Anderson remained in SHPD custody at the hospital, and after he was cleared the next evening, he was booked into the Linn County Jail on charges related to attempting to elude, possession of fentanyl and methamphetamine, reckless driving, reckless endangering and the parole warrant.