KING COUNTY, Wash. — A suspect identified as a protest leader at the former Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone and who was arrested in an incident on I-5, appeared Saturday before a judge who released him on personal recognizance.
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The man, identified by multiple sources as a protest leader known as River, was arrested after a brief chase from Capitol Hill to I-5.
The spokesperson wrote that he believed the property in question was a stolen vehicle.
A Seattle Police Department spokesperson wrote to KIRO 7 late Thursday that officers arrested a 21-year-old man for possession of stolen property and eluding, and booked him into the King County Jail.
The man was among the CHOP leaders who met with Mayor Jenny Durkan last week.
He is scheduled for a second appearance in court on Monday.