In the wee morning hours of Wednesday, MCSO Deputy Mike Lee spotted two cars, zipping through a red light and onto I-84 with speedometers twittering above the 100 MPH mark near Multnomah Village. Deputy Lee gave chase only to find both cars a short time later, parked in the middle of 207th.
In a moment worthy of Laurel and Hardy or Abbot and Costello, David Paxton hopped out of the Honda Accord he was driving (which was stolen, by the way) and tried to hop into the (stolen) Honda Prelude driven by Patrick Briceno. Problem was, the door was locked. So Paxton runs around to the driver’s side, opens the door and tries to shove Briceno over.
Apparently, Briceno must hate riding shotgun more than being caught by police, because he wouldn’t budge. The two got into a shoving match, while Deputy Lee watched in amusement.
After the slap fight had dragged on for a few minutes, Paxton gave up and took off on foot. He lasted about 5 minutes before a Gresham K 9 sniffed him out. Briceno decided that was a good time to scoot and led the deputy on a short chase before crashing into a Duplex near 223rd and Stark (no one inside was hurt).
As both men were being booked for auto theft and eluding police and destruction of a porch, cops found another charge to tag the dynamic duo with: Identity Theft. One of the vehicles had over a dozen stolen credit and social security cards, plus a loaded handgun.
All of the victims have been notified. Deputy Lee’s only injury appears to be a bruised shoulder after falling down on the pavement, laughing at the two criminal masterminds.
