Officer Shayne Poole Arrested for DUI

CLE ELUM

Cle Elum/Roslyn/South Cle Elum police officer Shayne Poole was arrested Saturday on charges of driving under the influence.

Poole was hired as a Cle Elum police officer in January after resigning from the Kittitas Police Department, where he worked since June 2008. Poole had also worked for the Ellensburg Police Department from June 1999 to November 2005.

Cle Elum Police Chief Scott Ferguson said that Poole is no longer employed with CEPD.

According to Kittitas County Undersheriff Clayton Myers, Poole was driving southbound on Clemens Road when he went off the road and into a ditch on Thrall Road between 2:30 and 3 a.m. Saturday.

Poole, who was alone in the vehicle, was not injured in the collision.

“There was alcohol involved and it is still under investigation,” Myers said.

Poole was booked in Kittitas County Jail around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, and later released on personal recognizance an hour later.

Poole’s court date is scheduled for 9 a.m. March 24 in Kittitas County Lower District Court.