PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A wanted Portland man who led authorities on a high-speed chase in a stolen Homeland Security car was sentenced to prison on Thursday.

The case goes back to April of 2024, when the Department of Homeland Security received information that then 43-year-old Travis Grygla was storing and sharing child pornography at his home in Portland, according to an affidavit filed by a Homeland Security agent.

The affidavit goes on to say that investigators learned Grygla is a registered sex offender with multiple convictions for sexually abusing children and possessing and distributing child pornography — leading an Oregon judge to authorize a search of his home and car.

That search would then lead to a high-speed chase across state lines.

On April 24, authorities detained Grygla around 7:30 a.m. as he was driving near his home, according to court documents. While Grygla was detained in the Homeland Security vehicle, authorities searched his home. However, about an hour into the search, Grgyla fled the scene.

“Grygla had been left seated in the passenger seat of the police car with the window rolled down and an officer standing outside the vehicle,” court documents state.

Grygla then said “’This is not going to go good for me,’ locked the door, put up the window, and slid over into the driver’s seat,” and fled the scene, the affidavit says.

Court documents noted that evidence seized from Grygla’s home was inside the vehicle at the time he fled, along with two guns and other police gear, which were locked in a safe in the back of the car.

Around 9 a.m., deputies with the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office learned that a DHS vehicle was stolen and tried to stop Grygla, who was “making erratic lane changes,” authorities said.

Authorities chased Grygla along I-205 and I-5 into Washington state – claiming he was driving between 115-120 mph.

Deputies used spike strips at multiple locations, eventually deflating one of the tires; however, Grgyla continued driving, taking an exit near Castle Rock, Washington. A deputy then used a precision immobilization technique to stop Grygla, leading the suspect to roll the Homeland Security car on its top.

After entering a guilty plea in June, Grygla was charged with one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of theft of government property.

On Thursday, a federal judge sentenced Grygla to 21 years in prison and ordered him to pay more than $27,000 in restitution.