News release Curry Co. Sheriff’s Office. On 01-02-2017 at about 4:04pm, the Curry County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting a vehicle southbound from Port Orford Oregon at a high rate of speed. The vehicle was described as an all-black sports type vehicle with a rear spoiler. At about 4:17pm, dispatch received an additional 911 call reporting the vehicle was pushing cars off the highway about ten miles north of Gold Beach near Ophir at a high rate of speed. At about 4:25pm, a Gold Beach City Police Officer observed the vehicle crossing the Rogue River Bridge and the vehicle was caught on radar doing over 70mph. The officer was unable to get turned around on the vehicle due to traffic. Marine Sergeant Ted Heath saw the vehicle near the South City Limits of Gold Beach and observed the vehicle travelling Southbound passing several vehicles at a high rate of speed near the intersection of Hunter Creek Loop Road. Marine Sergeant Heath began to pursue the vehicle and lost sight of it just past Kissing Rock Wayside where there was snow and hail on the roadway starting at the South intersection of Hunter Creek Road, continuing south up Cape Sebastian. The vehicle continued travelling southbound using all lanes of the highway to stay on the road, travelling into the on-coming lanes of travel on blind corners and at an extremely high rate of speed. The vehicle ran another vehicle off the road near Belleview Lane, and another vehicle off the road just South of Herman Lane. The suspect vehicle spun out at the top of Cape Sebastian where the northbound passing lanes ended. The vehicle was then seen by the Sergeant turning left onto Sebastian Lane and the vehicle again used all lanes of traffic, travelling at high speeds in the snow in an attempt to elude the Sergeant. At about 4:30pm the vehicle slid off the roadway into a ditch on a sharp corner. Two subjects exited the vehicle, one running down the roadway and the other over the embankment into a steep brushy ravine. The Sergeant caught one subject running down the road later identified as 29 year old Jacob Wallace Walker out of Washington who had had a valid warrant issued for his arrest out of Washington for Identity Theft. A third subject who was the owner of the vehicle, twenty-one year old Ace Vann Dunn out of Brookings, was passed out in the rear of the vehicle and detained at the scene and later released. At about 6:18pm, an Oregon State Trooper who was assisting in the investigation located the driver of the vehicle identified as 27 year old David Chapin Neely out of Brookings Oregon. Neely had escaped down the ravine and was located by the Trooper on Highway 101 near Myers Creek. Neely was arrested for the crimes of D.U.I.I., Eluding Police Officer, Recklessly endangering, Reckless Driving x 2 and Driving While Misdemeanor Suspended.
