Moses Lake man arrested after brief standoff

MOSES LAKE — A Moses Lake man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of second-degree robbery and felony eluding after a brief standoff with law enforcement.

Isaiah Ramirez, 29, was arrested at about 2 p.m. after surrendering to Grant County Sheriff’s deputies and Moses Lake Police Department officers, wrote GCSO public information officer Kyle Foreman in an announcement from the sheriff’s office.

Ramirez had been sought by MLPD officers in connection with a carjacking in Moses Lake Wednesday, Foreman wrote.

“Moses Lake detectives found Ramirez (Wednesday) in Warden, and Ramirez led officers on a 45-minute high-speed chase,” Foreman wrote. “Officers suspended the pursuit when Ramirez’s dangerous driving posed a threat to other motorists.”

Sheriff’s deputies learned Thursday that Ramirez was at a residence in the 9500 block of Maple Drive Northeast near Moses Lake, he wrote.

“When (deputies) arrived there, Ramirez then barricaded (himself) inside a backyard utility shed,” Foreman wrote. “More deputies and Moses Lake officers surrounded the property, and Ramirez soon surrendered without incident.”