Domestic violence suspect crashes into boulder after car chase in Spokane Valley

A woman suspected of stomping on her grandmother’s foot during an argument led sheriff’s deputies on a pursuit before crashing a stolen SUV into a boulder Monday morning in Spokane Valley.

The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office said it received a call about a domestic violence situation at about 8:30 a.m. at a home in the 19100 block of East Marietta Avenue.

Witnesses told a responding deputy that Marionette R. Eblacas, 22, had stomped on her grandmother’s foot during an argument before driving away in a white Honda CRV. According to the sheriff’s office, the vehicle had been reported stolen out of Spokane on Sunday.

Deputies believed that after fleeing the home, Eblacas was going to meet with her probation officer at a Department of Corrections office near Pines Road and Desmet Avenue. She was convicted last year of drug possession and third-degree theft.

A deputy found the Honda in the parking lot of the DOC office, parked his patrol car in front of the vehicle and ordered Eblacas to keep her hands on the steering wheel. She initially complied but then started the Honda and drove over a patch of grass, around the deputy’s car, the sheriff’s office said.

The deputy pursued Eblacas as she swerved through traffic and cut through a parking lot at Pines and Mission Avenue. The sheriff’s office said deputies called off the chase at Bowdish Road and Sprague Avenue out of concern for public safety.

Moments later, a deputy watched the Honda turn north from Sprague onto Gillis Road, “and then a plume of dust rose over the intersection,” the sheriff’s office said. She had crashed the Honda, getting it stuck atop a boulder outside an equipment rental warehouse. The vehicle also knocked over a stop sign and a section of chainlink fence.

Eblacas ran from deputies until they caught up to her and took her to the ground. The sheriff’s office said she resisted arrest, “swinging her arms rapidly.”

After receiving medical treatment, Eblacas was booked into the Spokane County Jail on charges of fourth-degree assault, resisting arrest, attempting to elude police, making false statements, hit-and-run, possession of a stolen vehicle and driving with a suspended license.