Posted on 09/14/2025 9:01:38 AM PDT by xxqqzz
The Brief Andrey Lupulyak, a 14-time convicted felon, appeared in court after leading police on a high-speed chase through Thurston and King counties, reaching speeds of 135 mph and driving in the wrong direction. Lupulyak faces multiple charges, including attempting to elude, reckless driving, felony DUI, and possession of narcotics, and has an active felony escape warrant for failing to comply after a vehicular homicide conviction. Judge Allyson Zipp set Lupulyak's bail at $100,000, with arraignment scheduled for September 9th, noting the danger posed by his actions during the chase. OLYMPIA, Wash. - A 14-time convicted felon appeared before a judge on Tuesday afternoon after allegedly leading Lacey Police, Thurston County Deputies and Washington State Patrol on a high-speed chase through Thurston and King counties.
Andrey Lupulyak is accused of hitting triple-digit speeds, sometimes driving 135 mph on I-5 and in the opposite direction early Saturday morning.
Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders uploaded a montage of dash camera footage to Facebook, detailing how his agency joined Lacey Police and WSP pursuing Lupulyak, describing him as "likely the most dangerous driver in the state."
What they're saying: "The suspect is a 14 time convicted felon for vehicular homicide DUI, possession of stolen property, burglary, forgery, attempting to elude, possession of a stolen vehicle, vehicular assault, and more.
"He also has 10 misdemeanor convictions ranging from multiple DUI’s, assault, theft, reckless driving, DWLS 1st, and more. The suspect currently has an active felony escape warrant for failing to comply after being released from prison on his prior vehicular homicide conviction.
"During a search incident to arrest, the suspect had what we suspect to be methamphetamine and fentanyl in his possession.
(Excerpt) Read more at fox13seattle.com ...
Give the troglodyte a simple choice:
1) Agree to be put to death by lethal injection.
2) Agree to receive an experimental frontal lobe lobotomy.
A 14 time convicted felon. Hmmm. Where else have I seen the number 14 recently?
Oh yeah, that was the number of times that young white girl’s brutal murderer was convicted and/or let out of jail by corrupt leftist judges.
This has to end right now.
No sane “Justice system” lets a 14 time convicted felon walk the streets.
From news reports I have been seeing across the country, there is a growing tendency for felons to attempt to evade capture by driving at high speeds on the wrong side of freeways. This should become a much more strongly punished offense in and of itself, 25 to life would be appropriate in my view. The high probability of causing fatal accidents makes this deliberate and calculated act akin to attempted murder even if there is no direct action that can be described that way. Unfortunately in a number of cases an accident does occur so there becomes a direct action and if the perp survives that they are likely to be charged with vehicular homicide. When I say across the country I should say across the continent because similar occurrences have taken place in Canada. There are other wrong-way crashes or near misses on freeways caused by driver error and not related to police chases. The signage for potential wrong-way entry to freeways is already fairly obvious to an alert driver, perhaps motion detectors linked to less passive restaint systems is an answer. But it’s hard to design an active restraint to wrong-way entry that does not inadvertently affect legitimate traffic.
I did think of one concept that would work for an active restraint, if a motion detector system identified a wrong-way entrance in progress (on an off-ramp) and simultaneously detected no traffic on the freeway in the approach to the exit ramp then it would be safe to lower a barrier at the point where the off-ramp veered away from the freeway; the driver in error would either see this barrier and stop voluntarily, or run into it and be subjected to an abrupt but probably not fatal stop, while freeway traffic would continue undisrupted, with flashing lights on warning signs to indicate closure of the exit. But this system might cause more unintended accidents than it prevented, so not too sure if it would be a good improvement.
Bond? If he kills someone while he’s out on bond, the judge needs to be keelhauled.
Walleye agree that with the Menace this man presents there should be no bail. But nowhere in the article could I see that he had actually been released on bail. All it stated was what they said it at
Arraignment was set for September 9th. My web search reveals no follow-up on this article. Great journalism
Guess none of those 14 felonies qualify as violent for Washington State’s three strikes law.
I'm beginning to see a pattern here. Mandatory driver training is called for.
Oh, and jail a couple dozen judges.
Combining multiple charges in one trial and allowing concurrent sentencing is part of the problem. 14 felony convictions should almost be a life sentence.
There is. The streets of Charlotte NC. Failing that, San Francisco, New York or Los Angeles.
Who will issue an arrest warrant for the cops. Hey, it’s Wacky Washington.
“a 14-time convicted felon”
This should not even be possible.
I agree reckless regard for innocent human life deserves a harsh penalty. And we used to serve it, but the do-gooders have ruined everything.
Stealing a car used mean 2 to 10 years at San Quentin under California law. I bet they don’t even bother to record it now, except maybe for insurance purposes. Our “leaders” have created a hostile living environment, dangerous to everyone, business, and the public purse.
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