Fife Police Department
Press Release
On August 11th,
2014 at approximately 0100 hrs., Fife Police responded to a report of an
attempted armed robbery of a female at the Loves Truck Stop in Fife. The female caller stated to a dispatcher that
a male had attempted to rob her with a handgun outside the entrance to the
truck stop before she was able to flee.
She described the male and said he was accompanied by a white
female. She also provided a description
and license plate number to the suspect’s vehicle. Officers that responded to the robbery
located the vehicle parked at the entrance and a female was seated in the
driver’s seat and a male matching the males description was in the front
passenger seat. When the officers made
contact with the vehicle, the female driver put the vehicle into gear and
struck one of the officers with the vehicle door, dragging him a short
distance. The driver then attempted to
run the officer over with the vehicle.
Two officers fired at the vehicle, striking it multiple times. The vehicle fled onto southbound Interstate
5 with a Fife Officer in pursuit. The
occupants of the vehicle fired at least two rounds at the pursuing officer but
did not strike his vehicle. He lost
sight of the vehicle in the area of 38th and McKinley Ave E in
Tacoma.
Investigators have identified
the female driver of the suspect vehicle as Yolanda Donnelle Lund. Lund has an extensive criminal history and is
currently wanted by Washington State DOC for escape community custody. A warrant has been issued for her arrest through
Pierce County Superior Court. The male
passenger has been identified as Phillip Conrad Gleason. Gleason has an extensive criminal history and
is currently wanted on a parole violation by the Idaho State Correctional
Institute. He also has a felony warrant
for his arrest out of Pierce County Superior Court for unlawful possession of a
firearm. Both subjects are considered
armed and dangerous. Both are believed
to have been struck by gun fire. They have
been in the Elbe/Morton area of Washington and may have fled the state to Idaho
or Montana.
Anyone with information about
Lund or Gleason’s current location is asked to call the Fife Police Department
at #253-922-6633 or Pierce County Crime Stoppers at #1-800-222-TIPS. Tips can also be left on the Tacoma/Pierce
County Crime Stoppers web site.
For
Immediate Release
Fife
Police Department
3737
Pacific Hwy. E.
Fife,
WA 98424
(253)
896-8287
(253)
922-6633 (Dispatch)
(253)
922-1220 fax
Lieutenant
T. Thompson #253
08/26/2014
