Man arrested following chase from Oregon City, Ore. to Camas

Clackamas County, Ore., sheriff’s deputies arrested a 26-year-old Sandy, Ore., man following a police chase that crossed into Clark County and ended in Camas.

Officers with the Oregon City, Ore., Police Department spotted Nathanael Aaron Samuel at about 3:40 a.m. driving a Dodge pickup that had been reported stolen on northbound Interstate 205 near Highway 213, according to a sheriff’s office news release.

The officers and deputies tried to stop the truck, but it sped off, the news release says. They continued to chase Samuel on the freeway and crossed the Interstate 205 Bridge.

“After successful attempts by the use of spike strips to flatten the tires to the vehicle driven by Mr. Samuel, he crashed the truck and then fled on foot into the Camas Cemetery where he was apprehended by a Clackamas County deputy,” the sheriff’s office said.

Samuel was taken to the Clackamas County Jail on suspicion of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, two counts of attempting to elude a police officer in a vehicle, two counts of attempting to elude police on foot, reckless driving, reckless endangerment and third-degree assault. Deputies reported that he also violated his parole by having methamphetamine.

The sheriff’s office said Samuel is ineligible for bail. He is a suspect in numerous felonies in Clackamas County. Investigators are looking into those crimes and encouraged anyone with information about the stolen truck or other incidents Samuel may be involved in to call the sheriff’s office’s tip line at 503-723-4949.

The Oregon City, Camas and Gladstone police departments, Portland Police Bureau and Clark County Sheriff’s Office were all involved in the early morning chase.