Suspect in Washougal drive-by arrested

A suspect in a Washougal drive-by shooting who later allegedly led officers on a high-speed chase has been arrested, police reported Thursday afternoon.

Sarah J. Grazin, 29, was captured Dec. 16 at a house in Carson, in Skamania County. She was taken to the Clark County Jail and lodged on suspicion of drive-by shooting, attempt to elude police, hit-and-run, third-degree theft, criminal impersonation and third-degree malicious mischief. Bail was set at $500,000.

Washougal police said Grazin had a failure to appear warrant on a charge of drive-by shooting. An officer spotted Grazin’s Subaru station wagon the evening of Dec. 14 and attempted to pull her car over.

After initially stopping her station wagon, Grazin sped away and then turned east onto E Street from Washougal River Road, according to a press release from the Washougal Police Department.

As she was speeding away, police said Grazin drove over several garbage cans and shrubbery and then hit a vehicle parked in front of a house.

After driving through a locked gate and into a condominium parking lot, Grazin’s station wagon crashed into a jeep before driving into the side of a garage, according to the press release. She then reportedly ran away and pursuing officers were unable to find her.

Two nights later, officers learned she was at a home in Carson and captured her at 10:30 p.m. They also found a man, Joshua R. Hamilton, 26, who had two felony warrants — one for drive-by shooting and a felony Department of Corrections warrant. The drive-by shooting warrant relates to the same Washougal incident allegedly involving Grazin, according to the press release.