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THIRD DRUG CHASE SUSPECT SENTENCED

Elza P. Godun, 24, Spokane, the last of three defendants to be sentenced in the May 26 car chase on Johnson Road, pleaded guilty to three amended charges Friday morning in superior court. Godun pleaded guilty to charges of possession of methamphetamine, possession of stolen property in the second degree and riding in a motor vehicle without permission.

Prosecutor Denis Tracy told the court Godun and the other two defendants in the case gave varying accounts of events connected with the arrest, but he believes Godun was more forthright.

In addition to drugs, $...