A 24-year-old man was arrested Monday after police say he smashed the windows of a tile store, then ran from the scene and onto Interstate 5, causing two cars to crash on the freeway.

Miller, 24, is accused of smashing out the windows of a tile store, threatening an employee, then running onto Interstate 5 and causing a crash.Portland Police Bureau

Portland police said Chandler Miller was charged with menacing, second-degree criminal mischief, third-degree escape, interfering with a peace officer, second-degree disorderly conduct and a warrant for possession of a stolen vehicle.

Around noon on Monday, police got a report that someone had used an emergency window hammer to smash two windows of Pratt and Larson Ceramics on Southeast 3rd Avenue, and had threatened to hit an employee. Police said the suspect, later identified as Miller, ran from the scene. Police found Miller near the railroad tracks west of the shop he’d vandalized. Upon seeing officers, Miller dropped the hammer and ran, at one point running southbound in the northbound lanes of Interstate 5.

As he ran into the freeway lanes, the driver of an Audi SUV slowed down to avoid hitting him. The car behind him, a Ford box van, rear-ended the Audi. The passenger of the Audi was taken to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries, and both cars were towed from the scene.

Miller continued to run and then gave up. Officers arrested him on the freeway, then took him to jail.

—Jayati Ramakrishnan; 503-221-4320; jramakrishnan@oregonian.com; @JRamakrishnanOR

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