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A Washougal woman who struck a 5-year-old boy with her pickup truck, then hid from officers by crawling into a shallow hole and covering herself with dirt, was arrested Friday after a police dog found her, officials said.
Marsha Yumi Perry, 36, gave herself up after the canine signaled where she was and a Washougal officer -- who couldn't yet see her -- shouted out warnings that he was about to unleash the dog, police said.
"The ground moved, and she sat up," said Washougal Sgt. Geoff Reijonen.
Police don't believe drugs or alcohol were involved, but Perry was driving with a suspended license and had a misdemeanor warrant out for her arrest at the time of the incident, shortly after 6 p.m., police said.
Officers were called after the boy was struck after riding a Big Wheel out of a driveway and onto North 22nd Street. He suffered a cut to his face and scrapes to his knees and elbows, police said, and was transported to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver.
Witnesses said Perry tried to drive off, but when she was unable to do so, she got out of her 1994 Ford F-150 pickup and began walking north toward Washougal River Road, police say.
Officer Kyle Day and his police dog, Ranger, tracked Perry's scent through a field south of the 1800 block of Woodburn Road, police said. The dog stopped within 5 feet of the hole Perry was hiding in, police said.
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That's when Day yelled out two warnings that she'd better come out or he'd unleash the dog, Reijonen said.
Perry was arrested on accusations of felony hit-and-run, driving with a suspended license and on a misdemeanor warrant.....
Police are still investigating the incident....
Perry was arrested in Portland in November 2014, under accusations of methamphetamine possession, identity theft and giving false information to police. She pleaded not guilty, and that case is still pending.
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/04/hit-run_driver_crawled_into_ho.html