Beaverton man arrested after car and foot chase in Cedar Hills

Washington County sheriff's deputies arrested a 36-year-old Beaverton man late Wednesday after a brief pursuit in the CedarHills area.

Michael Peterson failed to stop about 9:30 p.m. at a red light at Northwest Barnes Road and Baltic Avenue, according to police.

Deputies then tried to stop the car, but Peterson took off on Oregon 217 and into a Raleigh Hills neighborhood. Peterson failed to negotiate a curve and slammed into landscape boulders in the front yard of a Southwest Woodward Way home.

Peterson, police said, then took off on foot, tossing onto the ground what police later learned was a stolen -- and loaded -- handgun. Deputies caught up to him as he tried to jump over a fence.

Deputies found a second loaded handgun in the Acura Peterson had been driving. The car, said police, was filled with dozens of items, such as GPS systems, car stereo systems and other valuable items -- all possibly stolen. Police seized the items and plan to check them against stolen property reports.

Peterson was booked into Washington County Jail on accusations of felony and misdemeanor attempt to elude, felon in possession of a firearm, first-degree aggravated theft, unlawful possession of a firearm, reckless endangering, felony driving with a suspended license, possession of methamphetamine, reckless driving, hit and run, criminal mischief, criminal trespassing and a felony parole board warrant.

He is being held without the possibility of bail.

-- The Oregonian/OregonLive

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Beaverton man arrested after car and foot chase in Cedar Hills