A 21 year-old Kenmore resident allegedly crashed a stolen vehicle into a Department of Transportation divider at the Interstate 405 offramp to Highway 527, near Canyon Park, on Monday night.
Yaroslav Levshin allegedly walked into a Bellevue Walmart, found a keyfob in a shopping cart, took it and then prowled the parking lot for the associated vehicle, a maroon 2014 Toyota Sienna, which he then stole, according to police reports.
Drivers along I-405 called in to report an erratic driver and, minutes after the initial report, had crashed into a jersey barrier at the offramp towards Highway 527.
A witness at the scene reported that he had seen the accident and drove up next to the crashed vehicle as the driver was exiting the van.
“I asked him if he was ok, as he seem[ed] disoriented,” Joel Jackson of Bothell stated in a report to the Washington State Patrol. “He said, ‘Yes, I’m fine I have the paramedics on the line.'”
However, instead of waiting for the paramedics, Levshin left the scene of the accident and fled into a nearby McDonalds.
Officers arrived at the scene shortly after the suspect had left and made contact with the witness. They also searched the vehicle and found that the name on the registration did not match the name on identification in a backpack owned by the suspect.
While there, Levshin used a McDonalds patron’s cell phone to make a call and then went into the bathroom, where police found him and initiated an arrest, the documents continue.
A witness later positively identified Levshin as the person exiting the car.
At the time of the arrest, Levshin also had a warrant for his arrest due to a DUI back in May 2014.
Levshin was booked into Snohomish County Jail and was charged by Snohomish County with possession of a stolen vehicle, driving with a suspended license in the third degree, driving without an interlock device and hit and run.
He was also charged in King County with theft of a motor vehicle and theft in the third degree.
While sobriety tests done at the scene showed that Levshin was not under the influence, he did leave his own prescriptions for Suboxone, Zoloft and Xanax in the stolen van after the crash.
