GUY STARTS POLICE CHASE BECAUSE HE'S BORED

A Washington State man led multiple police agencies on a high-speed chase that spanned two counties and 49 miles on Saturday evening because he was bored. Police say the suspect, David B. McNalley, 30, had no warrants, no prior convictions and a valid driver’s license when he tore off through an intersection in Tumwater at 4:35 p.m. in his 1994 Mercury Sable. Burning rubber, he attracted the attention of a sheriff’s deputy, who tried to pull him over. The pursuit ran through the Tumwater area into the Olympia city limits and then onto Interstate 5. McNalley was passing cars on the shoulder of the road and reaching 85 miles per hour. It lasted for more than an hour, crossing into Pierce County before circling back around into Olympia. The Thurston County Sheriff’s Department set up spike strips. In trying to avoid them, McNalley lost control and drove onto a farm, hitting a fence at about 5:45 p.m. There was minor damage to the fence, Odegaard said, but no one was hurt. McNalley didn’t appear to be impaired by drugs or alcohol. So why did he do it? “He said he was just bored,” said Sgt. Dave Odegaard of the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office.
* Are you really telling me there’s nothing to do in Tumwater, Washington on a Saturday night?
* At the very least, you could sit around with your friends and try to come up with a better name for the town.
* Tumwater sounds like, when you throw up a little in your mouth, you say, “I’m OK, it’s just a little Tumwater.”
* Hey, if you’re bored take the tour of the Olympia Brewing Company. That’s in Tumwater.
* Plus, they give you a sample of the beer when it’s over.
* A 1994 Mercury Sable? You hate to see such a fine automobile misused like this.
* If I tried a high speed chase my car would just say, “You’re kidding, right?”