Wild Chase Ends When Man Is Captured After Fording Redwood Creek Naked
The driver of a stolen car led a California Highway Patrol Officer on a pursuit that included speeds of over 100 mph and a naked swim. On Monday, January 15, about 12:30 p.m., the owner of a black 1997 Honda Civic left the vehicle running with the keys in it in McKinleyville, said Paul Craft, the California Highway Patrol Humboldt Area Public Information Officer.
Garrett Wild, age 27, allegedly jumped in the vehicle and drove off.
The owner called law enforcement and at approximately 12:35 p.m., a call to be on the lookout went out to officers, said Craft. A CHP officer was dispatched to the scene. But while on his way southbound on Hwy 101 near Trinidad, he saw a black Honda Civic headed northbound. The officer turned and followed.
“The plate matched,” Craft said. “Before the officer could initiate a traffic stop, it accelerated to 100 mph,” he explained. “The driver was using both sides of the road, driving recklessly,” he said. “They continued through Orick. The suspect tried to make a right turn onto Bald Hills Road. He didn’t make the turn and hit the guardrail.”
The suspect got out of the vehicle and fled on foot, said Craft.
According to a witness to the crash who didn’t want to be named, “There was a cop yelling something like down on the ground now,” she told us.
Craft said that the suspect while fleeing on foot “tumbled down the briars into [Redwood Creek].”
Meanwhile, said the witness, more law enforcement arrived. “[Then there were] more sirens and more cars, including a Highway Patrol vehicle and 4 or 5 other white vehicles,” she told us.
Meanwhile, Craft explained, law enforcement including the original CHP officer plus several more, two state park rangers, and deputies from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office set up a perimeter.
The witness told us, “[There was] lots of yelling and lots of white vehicles roaring around….[T]hen about an hour later, they started yelling again.
The suspect had been located. Garrett Wild, age 27, was arrested for having stolen a vehicle, driving on suspended license, having an outstanding felony warrant, and violation of probation.
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…he looks quite distressed.
Orange slices, and fetal spooning-STAT!
I dunno…. being forced to spoon with a fetus sounds like icky-gross “unusual punishment” to me. And putting a bunch of orange slices on those thorn wounds sounds pretty cruel.
The arresting officer is telling him he’s going to get six months probation and not to bother forwarding his mail as his picture is taken.
Feel bad for the car owner, because insurance won’t pay if the keys are in it.
Somehow, somewhere, and in some way marijuana must be involved.
Blaming marijuana for society’s wrong doings, only makes sense.
Boy, that really was a Wild chase.
See what I did there?
Ha!
Most likely Prairie creek instead of Redwood creek.
I would say you are correct.
Law enforcement was very clear about it being Redwood Creek. Isn’t there where Prairie Creek merges into Redwood? Maybe he crossed both?
Prairie Creek does flow into Redwood Creek. However, at Bald Hills rd, its Prairie Creek on both sides.
Redwood Creek is pretty close to the intersection of 101 and Bald Hills Road. It depends on which way Wild ran which waterway he dealt with and I don’t have that information. All I have is what was told to me by CHP.
Either way, we know he ended up in some water.
Most def not the sharpest knife in the drawer!!! A brick or 3 shy of a load at the very least!!!
Nudes Gone Wild
Naked?
yeah, why naked? Was he driving naked or did he disrobe while hiding in the briars?
My guess is to try and keep his clothes dry. But… Who knows?
Yeah, when did he undress? Where did he get the car?
Maybe he inhaled a neurotoxic substance somehow, pot smokers don’t behave like that,
he was out of his mind, 100 mph !
The vehicle was stolen from McKinleyville. I failed to put that in. I’ve added it.
“Craft said that the suspect while fleeing on foot “tumbled down the briars into [Redwood Creek].”
I bet that hurt a bit. Even more today.
Not enough. He’ll do it again.
When will people stop leaving their cars running and unattended?
hmmm—Blame the car owner. Why not start your car and allow it to warm up? When will the thieving scum be held accountable? I say bring back the stocks for good old public humiliation or some Cool Hand Luke chain gangs since there doesn’t seem to be the jail space.
Warming up the car is unnecessary and quite frankly terrible for your car, with a side of rich emmissions. Just stop