YUKON, Okla. (KFOR) – A wild police chase in Yukon left one man dealing with prices and one household in want of a brand new pool.
The chase resulted in dramatic trend.
The suspect – crashing via not only one fence, however two – ended up in a neighbor’s pool.
“I assume he had a plan, undecided what it was,” stated Michael Mason, who owns the pool.
Mason was at work when his spouse known as – saying one thing was of their pool.
“I believed she stated there was a decide axe within the pool,” he recalled. “I stated there is a decide axe within the pool? She stated no, there is a pickup within the pool. I stated effectively, I assume I will come residence then.”
When he arrived – he was welcomed by an energetic scene – police automobiles, wreckers and neighbors testing all of the harm.
“It is very quiet, we haven’t any riff raff or something, that is fairly a shock,” stated Johnnie Houston-Nelson, who lives close by.
Police say it began round 8:45 a.m. when an officer noticed the pickup parked on the aspect of the highway.
“The topic was standing outdoors of his truck so the officer stopped to talk with him, see if he wanted any assist or something,” stated Maj. John Brown with the Yukon Police Dept.
He drove away.
The officer then ran the tag, solely to seek out out the pickup was stolen.
After crashing into the pool moments later, police say the suspect nonetheless refused to surrender.
“He ran on foot for about quarter-hour, leaping over again fences and climbing on homes – so very peculiar in his actions,” Brown stated.
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Officers say he even tried to get into a house the place a youngster was inside asleep.
However his run quickly got here to an finish.
“A cop was there once they arrested him. He stated to inform everybody he was sorry,” stated Mason. “So it ought to be alright. It is unlucky however there’s nothing you are able to do about it. There’s idiots on the market and he occurred to land on my little postage stamp of the world right this moment.”
