High-speed chase ends in arrest

CLARKSTON — The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office arrested an Idaho man early Sunday morning, Jan. 3, following a high-speed chase.

Robert Edgar Speer, 49, of Couer d’Alene, Idaho, was scheduled to make his first appearance in Whitman County Superior Court today on charges of felony eluding, second-degree assault, second-degree trespassing and second-degree malicious mischief.

He may also be facing additional charges in Idaho, where the high-speed chase began, the Whitman County Sheriff’s Office reported.

As of this morning, he was being held without bail in the county jail here, records show.

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