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NPD MEDIA RELEASE 11-04-07 1100
Incident: Attempt to Elude/DUII Case: 07N-02686
Location: Hwy 101/NW 25th Street
Date/Time: 110307 @ 9:20PM
Suspect: Martin Courtney Roberts DOB/021965 of Newport
Details: On 110307, at about 9:20 PM, a Newport Police Department officer tried to stop a vehicle after it passed him on Hwy 101 & NE 11th Streets. The officer used both his lights and siren in an attempt to stop the vehicle while it continued northbound at a high rate of speed and used the center turn only lane to pass vehicles while traveling at speeds reaching 70 PMH. When the vehicle reached NW 25th St, it braked hard and came to a sudden stop in the Wal-Mart parking lot.
Martin Roberts of Newport was identified as the driver and taken into custody. Roberts refused to submit to both roadside sobriety tests and the breath test once he arrived at the jail. He was lodged at LCJ on charges of Attempt to Elude, DUII, Recklessly Endangering Another and Reckless Driving with the bail set at $47,500.
Roberts’ 17 year old son was in the vehicle at the time of the incident and was transported home by Newport officers.
Anyone with additional information on this incident is requested to call Sgt. Jason Malloy at (541) 574-3348.
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NPD MEDIA RELEASE 110407 @ 2:30 PM
Incident: DUII Case: 07N-02690
Location: Hwy 20/SE John Moore Dr
Date/Time: 11-04-07 @ 1109 AM
Suspect: Anthony C. Gearhart, DOB/091683 of Toledo, OR
Details: On 110407, at about 1109 hours, a Newport Police Department officer came upon a black colored Ford Focus sedan with Nebraska license plates. It was being driven with a flat tire and the engine racing noisily on Hwy 20 near John Moore Dr. When contacted, the driver appeared incoherent and unable to respond to simple questions.
The driver was identified as Anthony Gearhart of Toledo. It is believed that the driver was not only driving the car with a flat tire, but with the emergency brake fully engaged. Gearhart appeared to be so heavily intoxicated that officers were unable to care for him at the scene. He was transported to Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital in Newport by Pacific West Ambulance where he was admitted for observation and treatment due to his highly intoxicated state.
Gearhart was cited and released for DUII and left in the care of the hospital staff.
Anyone with additional information or observations of this driver and vehicle prior to his arrest are asked to contact Officer Jerry Howe at (541) 574-3348
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Information Released By: Sgt Tom Simpson, (541) 574-3348
