Zach Scott allegedly tore through yard before abandoning moving vehicle
Staff Report
Humboldt Sentinel
An at-large parolee is in jail today after an early morning chase led Eureka Police Department personnel through a southside residential neighborhood.
At about 2:30 a.m. this morning, an EPD patrolman on Highway 101 observed a white 1993 Isuzu Rodeo sports utility vehicle exit a gas station on West Harris Street. When the cop bean following the SUV to obtain its license plate number, the driver made several turns and, according to lieutenant Steve Watson, began driving evasively to avoid him.
After heading north on California Street from the gas station, the driver turned west on West Henderson Street and then made a quick southbound swerve onto Union Street. The cop observed the SUV slide through the intersection of Union and West Russ Street, striking the curb and travelling over it on West Russ and into the yard of a residence on the 400 block. The vehicle kept driving westbound through the yard and back on West Russ Street.
The SUV accelerated through a stop sign at West Russ and Albee Street, at which point the patrolman activated his overhead emergency lights and attempted to stop the suspect for reckless driving, as the Isuzu was travelling at an estimated 40 to 50 miles per hour in a residential neighborhood. The suspect just kept on driving through the intersection with South Spring Street, where he turned south; he continued to ignore the cop’s siren and blew through the stop sign at Spring and West Harris Street and headed south on Elizabeth Street.
Just after the intersection of Elizabeth and West Everding Street, the driver braked suddenly in the middle of the roadway, after which he and his passenger jumped from the vehicle was it was still moving. The male driver fled west on foot through the yard of a nearby residence, while the female passenger fell to her knees in the same yard. The unmanned SUV kept rolling and went over a curb and onto the raised concrete porch of a residence on the 3200 block of Elizabeth Street, where it damaged three ceramic flower pots and two plastic flower pots on or near the porch.
Zachary Scott
Upon questioning by EPD, the passenger identified the driver as “Zach” and upon a records search crosschecked with the Isuzu’s license plate, the cops came up with a prior police contact where a Zachary Scott had been associated with the vehicle. The 31-year-old man was noted to be on active parole from state prison through the Californa Department of Corrections.
By this point, an EPD K-9 team arrived on scene to track down the suspect, and canine unit “Jimmy” alerted to a nearby residence, where Scott was taken into custody at about 3 a.m. According to the unnamed resident, Scott had entered the home through a window, although the suspect claimed to be an acquaintance of the resident. After CHP responded to take a traffic collision report, the SUV was towed from the scene, and the uninjured passenger was released without charges.
Scott remains in Humboldt County jail on charges of felony evading, resisting arrest, hit and run, driving on an expired license and violation of his parole.
Just anotther tweaker, no brain cells left and just steeling for rest of it’s life. Elimination maybe the only option with the future getting rid of all of them.