This is the moment Florida cops arrest a man wanted for a long list of crimes in another state after chasing him for seven hours.
Deputies from the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office caught up with the suspect, identified as Jerrod D. Oats, 21, in Flagler County in the US state of Florida.
Oats has a violent past and was wanted in the state of Georgia on 10 different felony charges, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Deputy sheriffs reportedly spent over six hours searching for him and his female companion, identified as Jada A. Wells, also 21, after they abandoned a stolen vehicle and fled into a wooded hunting camp attempting to evade capture.
Body-worn footage shows the final moments of the search and seizure, with Oats’ days of running from justice finally over on 24th October.
Deputies caught up with Oats in the middle of a wooded area where they found him dressed in camouflage clothes and lying in the grass on his stomach, presumably to avoid being seen.
K9 deputies and aerial support from Flagler County Fire Rescue’s Fireflight helped in the search.
One deputy was able to get on top of Oats and restrain him before putting his hands in handcuffs.
Meanwhile, Wells reportedly ran to a nearby residence and knocked on the door asking the owner for a phone charger and something to drink.
The resident called the police immediately.
Both Oats and Wells were promptly arrested and jailed.
Sheriff Rick Staly said: “Here’s another fugitive with arrest warrants who thought he could flee from our deputies.
“In his case, he was wanted for kidnapping, armed robbery, grand theft auto, battery and assault, among other crimes, and now he joined all the other fugitives who tried but failed to hide in Flagler County.
“You can run from us but we don’t easily give up and you just go to jail tired.”
Oats is being held without bond at the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility awaiting extradition to Georgia.
“It took us seven hours but we got them,” Sheriff Staly said.
He added: “Let this be a warning to fugitives and dirtbags that come into our county. We don’t give up until we get you!”
