Citizen chases, holds Redmond DUII crash suspect at gunpoint - KTVZ
Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said Monday his office is reviewing a weekend incident to determine if charges are filed against a citizen who chased and held a Redmond DUII crash suspect at gunpoint until police arrived. "Generally, one is not allowed to pull a gun on another person unless there's a certain provision in the law that allows it," Hummel said, adding, "Self-defense is the classic (example). Police arrived on scene and learned a citizen, who they did not identify, had helped the driver, later identified as Brandon Danley, out of the crashed pickup, then chased the suspect, caught up with him and held him at gunpoint until officers... An investigation found that Danley was heading north at the wheel of a 1999 Ford F-250 pickup when he hit a parked car. Chambers said the parked car that was hit was pushed forward into another vehicle, which then struck a third car in a chain reaction. Danley was arrested on several charges, including DUII (alcohol), failure to perform the duties of a driver in an accident (felony hit-and-run), third-degree assault, reckless driving and recklessly endangering another person. Curtis said Danley was booked on the charges at the Redmond Police Department and released to a responsible third party. "The Redmond police wishes to thank the citizen who assisted in the capture of Danley," Chambers wrote in a news release. Source: www.ktvz.com
