Several citizen reports of an intoxicated man hitchhiking and stumbling into traffic Monday afternoon on Interstate 5 near Tigard led to arrest of a man wanted on 9 warrants out of seven different jurisdictions.
On October 20, 2014 at approximately 5:35 p.m., OSP Northern Command Center dispatch began receiving several citizen reports of an intoxicated male stumbling and acting strangely while hitchhiking on Interstate 5 near Carmen Drive. An OSP trooper located the man about 20 minutes later at the off-ramp to Highway 217.
The man verbally identified himself as TONY LEE WOOD, age 38, from Portland. Subsequent investigation confirmed his identity and that he was wanted on 9 outstanding warrants from seven different jurisdictions (Deschutes County, Klamath County, Multnomah County, Linn County, Troutdale, West Linn, and Gladstone). Six of the warrants were for Fail to Appear on various misdemeanor charges, and three warrants were for Criminal Trespass, Disorderly Conduct, and Furnishing False Information to a Police Officer.
WOOD was lodged in the Clackamas County Jail.
Photograph - Clackamas County Sheriff's Office
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On October 20, 2014 at approximately 5:35 p.m., OSP Northern Command Center dispatch began receiving several citizen reports of an intoxicated male stumbling and acting strangely while hitchhiking on Interstate 5 near Carmen Drive. An OSP trooper located the man about 20 minutes later at the off-ramp to Highway 217.
The man verbally identified himself as TONY LEE WOOD, age 38, from Portland. Subsequent investigation confirmed his identity and that he was wanted on 9 outstanding warrants from seven different jurisdictions (Deschutes County, Klamath County, Multnomah County, Linn County, Troutdale, West Linn, and Gladstone). Six of the warrants were for Fail to Appear on various misdemeanor charges, and three warrants were for Criminal Trespass, Disorderly Conduct, and Furnishing False Information to a Police Officer.
WOOD was lodged in the Clackamas County Jail.
Photograph - Clackamas County Sheriff's Office
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