Fugitive’s police chase is 2nd this year
Spokane County sheriff's deputies arrest Kevin L. Hodgson after a freeway chase Wednesday. (SRPhoto/Colin Mulvany)
A man who already served jail time this year for eluding police was arrested at gunpoint Thursday following a high-speed freeway chase.
Kevin Lyle Hodgson, 38, fled police at the Hico at East Sprague Avenue and North Mullan Road before ditching his car and running across Interstate 90 into Spalding Auto Parts, where police and a K-9 tracked him down.
"The defendant did not make much of a statement except to note that he had been stupid," deputies wrote in an affidavit.
Hodgson's ex-girlfriend called police to report he'd been harassing her, she said he was about ready to stop for gas at the Hico, had a handgun and would potentially ram any police vehicles that tried to stop him, according to the Spokane County Sheriff's Office. Hodgson ran from deputies at Hico and jumped into a Honda Civic at a nearby car wash as the owner was vacuuming it. The Civic was found crashed at 11021 E. Augusta.
Hodgson has warrants in District and Municipal courts and was sentenced in March to 43 days in jail for a police chase in February.
In that case, Hodgson fled police during a traffic stop in north Spokane and was shocked with a Taser.
Hodgson returned to jail Thursday on charges of theft of a motor vehicle, second-degree robbery, second-degree assault, attempting to elude police, obstructing a public officer and second-degree driving with a suspended license. He's due in Superior Court this afternoon.