James Donald Trute, 31, faces numerous charges after a high-speed chase Saturday that started in Sweet Home and ended in the Calapooia River near Crawfordsville.
According to Police Chief Robert Burford, approximately 9:30 a.m. Officer Ryan Cummings attempted to stop a suspicious vehicle in the 600 block of Main Street. The vehicle drove through the parking lot of the Sweet Home Thriftway and proceeded westbound on Hwy. 20 at a high rate of speed.
Cummings…