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Teen arrested after car incident



PAYETTE—The Payette Police Department arrested a 17-year-old male Thursday night following an altercation with his girlfriend where he apparently dragged her with his car quite a distance while she held on.

Payette Police Chief Mark Clark said the incident began when police responded to a residence in the 100 block of Emma Street in Payette following a fight between two teenagers in the driveway of the house.

He said the teenagers, both 17, engaged in a verbal altercation in front of the girlfriend’s house, and when the boyfriend attempted to drive away, the girl, who was standing outside of the car, reached in and tried to stop the male.

At some point, the girl’s mother came out and tried to get her daughter to come inside the house, but shortly after, the teenage boy put the car into gear and backed out, with his girlfriend still hanging on. Clark said the teenage girl was dragged about 98 feet down the road before she fell from the car and was partially run over.

“The suspect fled the scene and left her lying on the road,” Clark said.

The girl suffered serious abrasions on both arms and legs and another injury to her leg from being run over in the incident, Clark said, and was transported to the hospital by paramedics.

The teenage boy was found at his residence by police at about 11 p.m. after hiding the car. He was subsequently interviewed and taken into custody on charges of reckless driving and leaving the scene of an injury accident, which is a felony. He was transported to the juvenile detention center in Caldwell and held on those charges, Clark said.




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mr wrote on Apr 10, 2009 6:40 PM:

" dumbass lol "

wow wrote on Apr 6, 2009 2:49 PM:

" two words = white trash "

s wrote on Apr 4, 2009 2:45 PM:

" It is not hard to realize that some one is hanging off your car, he should have stopped and waited for her to let go and then proceeded to leave. this is entirely his fault. think about it if you were holding on to a moving vehicle would you let go? I sure wouldn't have, could have caused more damage. "

Hmmmm. wrote on Apr 3, 2009 3:13 PM:

" Me myself, I kinda like the
"about 98 feet." How was that measured? That is a long way to drag someone.....that gal was hanging on!!!! "

A wrote on Apr 2, 2009 3:05 AM:

" No kidding, if he was trying to leave, why didn't she just let him?

I don't know about you guys, but if a car is moving, I'm getting out of it's way, not holding on while it drags me around town. "

FHS Grad wrote on Apr 1, 2009 1:36 PM:

" Are you serious?! What was that girl thinking for trying to stop him leaving? Of course I don't know the whole story, just what is written above, but she should've just let him leave. The mother should've tried to get her out of there and the boyfriend shouldn't have drug her or ran her over. I think all three are at fault here, but I agree that he should be charged for "leaving the scene of an injury accident" because it was a type of hit and run that he probably could've avoided after she let go.

That's just my opinion though. "

Curious wrote on Mar 31, 2009 12:08 PM:

" This case infuriates me! I am not excusing any dangerous, nearly deadly acts. However, this young man was attempting to leave an obviously bad situation. Yet he is the one facing charges? This young lady better be facing some sort of consequence as she is the one that CHOSE to hang on the vehicle! I believe criminal charges are a bit far fetched Payette Police. Provide these youth with some psychiatric help (real therapists, not the local amateur's that call themselves professionals)nobody in Payette or Malheur County that is; they certainly need it. "

nuts wrote on Mar 30, 2009 10:03 AM:

" so the boy is charged with a felony. I'm not saying he is in the right......but this is a story of 2 sides. The mother came out and SHE couldn't even drag her off the car? Well, here's another young man with his life most likely altered forever by our justice system....but then had the tables been turned and he were the one hanging onto the car while she drug him off in an attempt to get away from him I am sure HE would have still been charged with a felony of some sort or another. I'm curious to see how this one comes out. "

JIM P. wrote on Mar 30, 2009 5:58 AM:

" SOME TIME YOU JUST HAVE TO WALK AWAY YOURSELF. HOPE SHE LEARNS THAT THERE IS NOTHING WORTH DYING FOR UNTIL YOU HAVE KIDS. "

tyron. b wrote on Mar 29, 2009 11:32 PM:

" I bet she will go back to him and love him even more.
girls love to be treated like crap and slaped around and dragged by cars.
I bet she will not even press charges. "


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