Wanted Petaluma Man Exits Kentucky Street Bar, Tries Ditching Officers

A Petaluma man, 28, was arrested early today after leading police on a foot chase.

The Petaluma Police Department received an anonymous tip that James Gunter, a man with an outstanding felony arrest warrant from Sonoma County, was inside Jamison’s Roaring Donkey bar on Kentucky Street.

Police said a records check confirmed Gunter had an outstanding no-bail warrant for criminal threats, and shortly after midnight three officers went to the Washington and Kentucky streets area to contact him.

Gunter was spotted leaving Kentucky Street and crossing Washington but fled on foot when he saw law enforcement, police said.

He ran eastbound on Washington, across Petaluma Boulevard North, then south on Water Street and attempted to cross the Balshaw Bridge near the River Front Shopping Center, police said.

Officers caught up to Gunther on the bridge and took him into custody without further incident.

Neither Gunther nor officers were injured during the incident, police said.

He was booked into the Sonoma County Jail on the warrant and also for resisting a police officer.