A woman accused in a Northeast Portland carjacking — in which the car’s owner was injured — and who was captured in Ridgefield was given credit Monday for time served.
However, Joey R. Campbell’s attorney, David Kurtz, said his client is potentially facing charges in Oregon and would likely be “unavailable” for some time.
Campbell, 37, of Seattle pleaded guilty in Clark County Superior Court to possession of a stolen motor vehicle and reckless driving, a gross misdemeanor, in connection with the June 11 incident, which reportedly began in Portland’s Summer neighborhood.
According to the Portland Police Bureau, officers responded about 2 p.m. to a report of a carjacking in the 5000 block of Northeast 86th Avenue. The car’s owner, Latrese Pack, a driver for Postmates, a food delivery service, was injured during the incident after she tried to stop the thief, identified by police as Campbell, and got hung up on the car as it sped off.
Pack told The Columbian’s news partner KATU-TV that she was making a delivery and left her 2008 Chevrolet Impala running and the door open. While dropping off the order, she turned and saw a woman getting into her car. Pack said she reached her hand through the partially open driver’s side window to unlock the car, but the thief sped off and she fell.
Portland police said Pack was taken to a hospital for her injuries, and she later attended Campbell’s first appearance in Superior Court with her left wrist in a brace.
About an hour after the alleged carjacking, Ridgefield police were alerted to a reckless vehicle on North Main Avenue. They located the car, which ran a red light at Main and Pioneer and sped away, according to an affidavit of probable cause filed in Superior Court.
The car abruptly pulled off the side of the road, driving up onto the curb, and then traveled back to the road. Campbell opened the door and yelled, “Don’t shoot me, I just stole this car,” the affidavit said.
An officer said Campbell smelled of alcohol, and she appeared to be hallucinating and was rambling about being murdered by Portland police, according to court documents.
Campbell told police she had consumed five beers, and a preliminary breath test found she had a blood-alcohol level of 0.038. In Washington, a blood-alcohol level of 0.08 is considered evidence of drunken driving.
Campbell had credit for 29 days in custody.
