By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
A 23-year-old man wanted in the beating and robbery of a hitchhiker in Tenino last month was arrested early this morning after a police chase that began in Centralia and ended in Tenino.
Centralia police say an officer attempted to contact the driver of a stolen vehicle in north Centralia at about 12:30 a.m. The vehicle fled north on Interstate 5 at speeds of up to 110 mph and then out Highway 99, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was stopped when a Thurston County sheriff’s deputy ended the chase by intentionally colliding with it and spun it out, Centralia police Sgt. Carl Buster said.
Tony L. League, 23, was arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle and warrants as well as for the Aug. 22 incident in which a hitchhiker was punched and ordered at gunpoint to empty his pockets, according to police.
Centralia police list League as a Tenino resident. Tenino police have said he resides in Olympia.
Tenino police are still seeking a second man, Andrew B. Miller, 20, of Yelm, in connection with the robbery.
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For background, read “News brief: Hitchhiker robbed, beaten in Tenino” from Monday August 27, 2012, here [1]