Police use Taser to arrest Washington parolee after bizarre series of events

NAPLES, Uintah County Officers used a Taser to subdue a parolee from Washington state Saturday after they say he crashed through fences at two businesses and tried to steal three trucks.

An officer was on patrol about 3 p.m. near 1500 East and 600 South when she saw a man drive a green pickup truck through a chain link fence at Lone Wolf Wireline Inc., according to Naples Police Chief Mark Watkins.

The man got out of the pickup, climbed into a truck parked outside the business and apparently tried to get it started, Watkins said. When the man spotted the approaching officer, he got back in the green pickup and drove off.

As the officer followed, the man crashed through two chain link fences at nearby Raptor Industries, Watkins said. The man then got out of the green pickup and attempted to take a truck from that business, but went back to his truck and drove off again as the officer closed in, the chief said.

The man circled back to Lone Wolf Wireline with multiple officers pursuing him. He left the green truck a third time, climbed into a large crane truck and drove it a short distance before hitting a cement wall at low speed, Watkins said.

"One of the officers was alongside the crane truck at that point and used a Taser on the guy," the chief said. "It had no effect on him and the fight was on."

Police were able to get the man into handcuffs after one of the officers said the Taser would be used again if the man didn't stop fighting, Watkins said.

James Robert Olson, 30, was taken to Ashley Regional Medical Center where tests confirmed he was under the influence of methamphetamine, the chief said. He is expected to be booked into the Uintah County Jail once he is released from the hospital.

Watkins said a records check run following Olson's arrest showed he is on parole out of Washington state, where he was released from prison in November after serving time for armed robbery and possession of meth. Court records in Utah show Olson has misdemeanor convictions in Duchesne County for assault and violation of a protective order.

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