LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A Lakeport man who last weekend led California Highway Patrol officers on a high speed chase before crashing into a power pole and escaping on foot has been arrested.
Dylan Eugene Waters, 26, was arrested Thursday night, according to the CHP.
He'd been sought for felony evasion and hit and run following the chase and crash on Sunday, July 22.
CHP officers had spotted Waters allegedly holding a meth pipe as he passed the site of a rollover collision on Highway 29 near Kelseyville, as Lake County News has reported.
Waters allegedly refused to stop at their command and led them on a high speed pursuit that ended on Cruickshank Road, when Waters lost control in a turn and hit a power pole, according to the CHP.
Since then, the CHP had conducted an extensive search for Waters.
At 10 p.m. Thursday CHP Officers Brendan Bach and Christopher Tuggle received an anonymous tip that Waters possibly was staying at the Lamplighter Motel, located at 14165 Lakeshore Drive in Clearlake, the agency reported.
Bach and Tuggle responded to the motel and observed Waters on the upstairs walkway, according to the report.
They directed Waters to stay where he was, but the report said he fled to a nearby room, where Tuggle and Bach made entry and ordered him to come out. Waters was arrested without further incident.
During a search of Waters, Bach and Tuggle found what they suspected to be marijuana and methamphetamine.
Waters was transported to the Lake County Jail, where he was booked on felony counts of evading a peace officer, possession of concentrated cannabis, possession of a controlled substance, and misdemeanors of obstructing or resisting a peace officer and being under the influence of a controlled substance.
Jail records indicated his bail was set at $100,000.
In a separate incident, Waters had been the driver in a fatal crash early on the morning of Tuesday, July 3, that claimed the lives of his brother, Kenneth Waters of Kelseyville, and Randy Orange of Clearlake Oaks.