PUYALLUP, WASHINGTON — A 24-year-old man was arrested on November 4 after a security guard reported him trying to steal a semi-truck at a farm in the Puyallup area. Deputies found him in the cab with the engine running, apparently unable to get the rig moving. Body camera footage of the arrest has been released.
The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said deputies arrived to find the man turning the steering wheel, “apparently trying to figure out how to get the massive rig moving.” The security guard had reportedly seen him smoking something inside the cab before deputies arrived.
He refused repeated commands to get out. Deputies removed him from the cab, and when he kept resisting, a taser was used to take him into custody. “How many times did we tell you to get out and then get on the ground?” a deputy is heard saying on the footage. “And you ask us if we want to fight you, really?”
He was arrested for attempted motor vehicle theft and resisting arrest. Drug paraphernalia was found in his belongings, and deputies believe he was under the influence of narcotics.
“Thankfully, the suspect was not able to leave the parking lot,” the sheriff’s office wrote. “We’re especially grateful he didn’t figure out how to operate the brakes. A stolen semi-truck could have caused some serious damage and put lives at risk!”
The sheriff’s office did not release the suspect’s name.
All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
📸 Video courtesy of the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. Image(s) used under fair use for news reporting.
