Officer Injured Chasing Fleeing Theft Suspect In Sonoma County: Police

SONOMA COUNTY, CA -- Police officers arrested a suspect Sunday morning in Santa Rosa after he allegedly evaded arrest and led officers on a pursuit, police said.

Two Santa Rosa police officers say that at about 8 a.m. on April 9, they contacted local transient Antoine Webb in the area of Cleveland Avenue and 11th Street to question him about a minor theft that occurred last week.

Webb allegedly gave officers a false name. When they attempted to detain him in handcuffs, Webb struggled with the officers and then fled on foot, police said.

During the pursuit, one of the officers suffered a knee injury after jumping over a fence, police said.

Additional officers quickly arrived on the scene and surrounded the neighborhood. Several neighborhood residents told officers they saw Webb in or around backyards.

Officers eventually found Webb hiding in a yard on Lincoln Street, about a block away from where officers first attempted to detain him.

Webb was arrested without further incident on suspicion of falsely identifying himself to an officer, resisting an officer, and felony vandalism for damage caused to a fence during the foot pursuit, police said.

By Bay City News/Image via Santa Rosa police