He tried running from Pasco police. He ended up starting a fire instead
A Pasco police chase came to a fiery conclusion early Thursday after a suspect got stuck in a field near Burns Road.
An officer spotted an SUV driving recklessly near Road 68 and Wrigley Drive shortly after midnight, Pasco police reported. When the officer signaled the driver, Ford R. Dickenson, 32, to stop, the man sped away, police said.
He didn’t get far.
Dickenson tried to take the SUV off the road and into a field near Burns Road and Convention Drive, but the dense brush proved too much for him to plow through and the SUV got stuck, police said.
Officers arrested Dickenson, but the hot engine lit the nearby brush on fire, which soon engulfed the SUV.
Pasco firefighters doused the fire. No one was hurt.
This story was originally published January 31, 2019 at 9:26 AM.