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Moses Lake man arrested after brief standoff

by CHERYL SCHWEIZER
Staff Writer | May 27, 2022 1:20 AM

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

Isaiah Martinez, 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 a GCSO announcement.

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

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

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

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