Crime & Safety

Police Arrest Man They Say Fled Traffic Stop

Man tried to escape by running across I-205.

A man who tried to flee a traffic stop by running across I-205 Monday morning is under arrest, according to police.

Police had been doing a traffic stop on the ramp from the highway to Northeast Airport Way.

It was just before 6 a.m. and a man later identified as 38-year-old Brandon Klinke ran from his SUV and across several lanes of traffic, police say.

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He was arrested nearby a short time later.

Police determined he is wanted in fugitive and is now being held in Multnomah County Jail.

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