Routine Traffic Stop Turns to High Speed Pursuit

By Megan Hansen mhansen@yelmonline.com

Posted 5/10/18

What would have been a routine traffic stop turned into a high speed pursuit and chily dip in the Yelm Canal Monday morning.Just before 2 a.m. a Yelm police officer observed a vehicle with a broken …

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