A 33-year-old man was arrested Thursday after Portland police said he stole a Les Schwab pickup truck, crashed into a SUV and tried to run away from police before being arrested nearby.

Police said they responded to assist a U.S. Marshall who had attempted to pull over a Les Schwab company Chevy Silverado truck near Northeast 82nd and Prescott on Thursday evening.

Officers said the truck was stolen, and it was being driven by Christopher Thomas.

Christopher Thomas

Thomas reportedly crashed into a Ford Escape SUV and ran away, police said. The occupant inside the Escape was not injured, according to police.

Inside the allegedly stolen Les Schwab truck officers found a loaded handgun, a loaded rifle, and what they believed to be a meth pipe.

Officers set up a perimeter and called in the agency’s plan to offer air support in finding Thomas. He was eventually located on the 4600 block of Northeast 82nd.

Thomas was booked into Multnomah County jail and charged with multiple counts of unlawful possession of loaded firearms, reckless burning, failure to perform the duties of a driver and attempting to elude a police officer.

-- Andrew Theen

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@andrewtheen

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