'Ferris Bueller'-Style Escape Route Thwarted in Stafford: Police

STAFFORD, VA — A man who fled from police on foot in creative but ultimately ill-fated fashion after lying to an officer about his identity regarding an abandoned vehicle was arrested Tuesday in the 1200 block of Thomas Jefferson Place, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office.

Antonio Ronald Scott, 31, of Thomas Jefferson Place, was charged with obstruction of justice, false identification to law enforcement, resisting arrest and breaking and entering. He's being held without bond.

Shortly after 12:30 p.m., a police volunteer was investigating an abandoned vehicle on Thomas Jefferson Place noted that a white Volkswagen had a flat tire and expired Virginia tags. While doing paperwork, he was confronted by three men, one of whom identified himself as the owner but later, absent an ID card, gave a responding officer identification information deemed to be phony.

Police told him he'd be detained until his true identity could be determined. While being cuffed, he broke free and ran.

That's when the chase turned into something like a particularly famous from scene from the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."

He ran through the woods between Thomas Jefferson Place and James Madison Drive.

He ran through a backyard, briefly stopping to sit on a lawn chair.

He ran into the basement of a town home and the ran out the front door, with a resident yelling all the while.

He ran, well. . .that's when he ran out of luck.

Police finally nabbed him near where the pursuit began.

Photo: Stafford County Sheriff's Office