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Caden McKinney, Burlington, sentenced to 2 years for fleeing from police at high speed

Caden Timothy McKinney, 18, Burlington, was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison, with a requirement that he serve two years, and three years of supervised probation for fleeing from police in Surrey on Nov. 20, 2020, at a high rate of speed and placing others at risk of injury or death.

North Central District Court Judge Doug Mattson also ordered McKinney to pay $700 in court costs and restitution yet to be determined and to obtain a chemical dependency evaluation.

McKinney will receive credit for 62 days already served in the Ward County Jail plus eight days off his sentence for good behavior.

According to a probable cause affidavit filed with the court by Surrey police officer Anna Olson, at one point McKinney tried to pass traffic in the right hand turn lane and forced another vehicle to skid to a stop. McKinney then lost control of the vehicle, went down into the ditch and continued back up the other side and jumped into the busy Dawn to Dusk gas station parking lot and continued to try to flee. The officer pulled into the parking lot after McKinney and McKinney drove out the east entrance of the parking lot and crossed the highway without looking and his vehicle was struck by a westbound 2015 Chevy Silverado. Both vehicles were damaged. McKinney was extricated from his vehicle and taken to the Trinity Emergency Room for treatment. A juvenile male passenger in McKinney’s car refused treatment and was released to the custody of his father.

Law enforcement with the Surrey Police Department and the Ward County Sheriff’s Office searched McKinney’s car and found a bag of marijuana, a glass pipe and several empty containers. McKinney admitted to using methamphetamine and marijuana and told law enforcement that he fled police because he didn’t want to be charged with violating his probation.

McKinney pleaded guilty in September 2020 to theft of a motor vehicle and was sentenced to 360 days, all suspended but the 46 days he had already served, and three years probation. He was also ordered to pay restitution of $26,583.88 in that case.

Mattson also ordered McKinney on Thursday to find a job and to be employed at least 32 hours a week within 60 days of his release from prison.

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