RIPON POLICE DEPARTMENT – PRESS RELEASE:
For Immediate release:
Contact: Lt. Ed Ormonde
Tel: 1-209-599-2102
Email: eormonde@cityofripon.org
RIPON’S EYE IN THE SKY ASSISTS WITH SUSPECTS CAPTURE
On 11-02-09, at 1119 hours, Ripon Police Department officer Scott Lindsay was conducting a security check at the Jimco
Truck Stop (1022 E. Frontage Rd.), due several recent vehicle thefts in the area. He made contact with three suspicious
persons, who were believed to be associated with a vehicle displaying expired registration tabs.
One of the suspects was found to have an outstanding $50,000 criminal bench warrant for his arrest. The suspect with
the warrant fled the scene.
The department’s aviation unit, equipped with a powered parachute, arrived on scene to assist ground officers in the
search for the fugitive. Sgt. Steve Merchant, the pilot of the PPC, spotted the suspect hiding behind a building. The
suspect’s location was relayed to ground units, and the suspect was taken into custody without incident.
In response to seeing the powered parachute circling overhead, the suspect said, “You guys are everywhere, I had no
where to run!”
The suspect was charged with resisting arrest, and with providing false information to a police officer. He was booked
into the San Joaquin County Jail on the bench warrant.
The powered parachute was provided to the Ripon Police Department at no cost to the City, by the US Department of
Justice, Rural Law Enforcement Technology Center.
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