Lewis County Sirens.com

Updated at 2:33 p.m.

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS – The wile 25-year-old man who was said to have hitched a ride beneath a semi to slip away from deputies last month at Gee Cees truck stop was captured in Centralia yesterday.

Ruben A. Inman was contacted around 11 a.m. yesterday in the 1400 block of Crescent Avenue at the north end of town by the sheriff’s special enforcement team and Centralia officers, according to authorities.

“The suspect fled on foot from police during the initial contact and then once in handcuffs near the patrol car he tried to run away from police again,” Centralia police wrote in a brief summary of the incident.

Inman was booked into the Lewis County Jail for his warrant and also for second-degree escape, according to police.

Centralia police say he is from Chehalis. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office previously identified him as living in Centralia.

The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office on their Facebook page posted their thanks to Lewis County Crime Stoppers, and everyone, for the assistance.

Prosecutors today declined to file an escape charge.

Back on March 11, Inman and his companion were being questioned at the truck stop off Interstate 5 south of Vader when Inman bolted and vanished.

After viewing surveillance images, deputies realized he had crawled under a big rig which subsequently got stopped in Arlington. Only Inman’s cap was still aboard.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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