LONGVIEW, Wash. -- An 82-year-old Washington state man says he was a little sore but otherwise OK after tackling and helping police catch a felon one-third his age.

Terry Miracle, of Longview, was weeding in his garden Friday when heard a commotion. It was police chasing a burglary suspect identified as 27-year-old Morgan Perry Bluehorse.

As officers chased him through yards and over fences, Miracle could hear them coming closer,

. Miracle told the newspaper that he got into position, remembering his high school football training from 65 years earlier, and the suspect came barreling around the house.

"He was looking back over his shoulder to see where they were, and he turned around the corner of the house and he was coming at me just like the runners used to do when I played football," Miracle said.

He ran toward the suspect, who halted and stumbled as Miracle launched a "cross-body block."

"I kicked out my knee, as I always did with a cross-body block, and caught his knee with my knee," Miracle said. "He went down and so did I."

The suspect got up and started running again, but the delay gave police time to catch up. An officer slammed into his chest: "It sounded like somebody hit the bass drum, and he went back down this time," Miracle recalled.

Bluehorse, of Kelso, was booked for investigation of second-degree burglary related to an earlier investigation, third-degree theft, trespassing, resisting arrest, obstructing an officer, malicious mischief and methamphetamine possession. He also had a no-bail Department of Corrections warrant, Hallowell said.

Bluehorse has a long criminal history involving burglary. In 2004, he was sentenced to nine years in prison for burglarizing 14 Longview businesses

Longview Police Sgt. Mike Hallowell joked that it "it took a Miracle" to catch the bad guy.

-- The Associated Press.



North Bend man killed in crash on U.S. 101

at Lakeside

The Oregon State Police say 60-year-old Jon Copsey of North Bend was killed when the pickup truck he was driving left U.S. 101 and hit a tree Sunday morning at

in Coos County.

His wife, Beatrice Copsey, was treated at Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay and released.

-- The Associated Press

Police arrest driver in fatal Spokane crash



A driver in a fatal crash in

was arrested for possible charges of vehicular homicide and vehicular assault.

Police say 38-year-old Bryan J. Storms was speeding Sunday afternoon when he ran a stop sign and collided with a pickup truck killing the driver. Two passengers in Storms' car were seriously injured.

Police says Storms attempted to run from the scene and was chased down by officers and a citizen.

-- The Associated Press

Tribal elder killed in Port Angeles, Washington, crash



The Clallam County sheriff's office says an elder of the

, 69-year-old Philip D. Adams of Port Angeles, was killed Saturday in a crash.

The truck he was driving went over an embankment near Port Angeles. Fire department medics tried to save him, but he died at the scene.

-- The Associated Press

Death of Omak, Washington, man investigated as homicide



The death of an 88-year-old Omak man is being investigated as a homicide.

Okanogan County Sheriff Frank Rogers says the daughter of Leonard K. Miller discovered his body Saturday night.

Miller's vehicle was taken and found Sunday in east Omak.

The Washington State Patrol is helping with the investigation.

-- The Associated Press