Bend Police captured a California man who was wanted out of state after he attempted to escape by swimming across Mirror Pond. On Saturday, Bend Police officers contacted the suspect in Drake Park after learning he had extraditable felony warrants from California for firearms-related offenses.
As officers attempted to detain him he ran through the park and, when confronted by a police sergeant, jumped into Mirror Pond and swam to the other side of the river. He was seen exiting the river and trespassing onto private property as multiple officers from the Bend Police Department and a Redmond Police Department canine team (K9 Ofc. Barber and Niza) responded in an attempt to locate and make an arrest.
A search of the area with K9 Niza found him hiding under a canoe. He refused to comply with officers commands to surrender. He attempted to flee again by jumping off an elevated rock ledge, but was captured by K9 Niza and officers on scene.
The suspect was evaluated and treated at St. Charles Bend and then taken to the Deschutes County Jail on the listed charges:
Out of State Warrants, False Information to Police, Escape III, Resisting Arrest, Criminal Trespass II, and Depositing Trash Within 100 Yards of a Waterway