Come to think about it, he did recall that some of the cops looked real hard at him.
The locals pulled out all the stops and got their men. It took a dog and a helicopter to do it, but tonight two suspects are jailed in the Scott County slammer and we're resting easy.
We almost had a super photo to go with this. Read the comment from a frustrated reporter below.
Here's the story from the Shakopee Valley News blog.
A nearly five-hour manhunt in wooded, swampy rural Shakopee ended with the arrest of both suspects in a burglary in Spring Lake Township on Wednesday.
William Benjamin II, 35, and Jason Phyle, 26, are in custody at the Scott County Jail awaiting charges, which are likely to be filed Thursday, said Capt. Jeff Swedin of the Scott County Sheriff’s Office.
About 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, the owner of a home at 16861 Marschall Road (County Road 17) called 911 to report that a person was trying to enter his home. When a Scott County deputy arrived at the home, he spotted one of the suspects, who fled on foot.
Soon after the deputy began to chase the man, another officer noticed a vehicle fleeing the scene toward Spring Lake Estates, a residential area just across Marschall Road. A canine unit located Benjamin attempting to hide in a tree in a residential yard just north of County Road 12. He surrendered when police ordered him to come down, said Swedin.
Area police and tactical teams, the county sheriff’s office, state troopers, metro-area canine units and officials from the Department of Natural Resources and Three Rivers Park District spent more than four hours trying to track down Phyle.
At about 12:10 p.m., police spotted Phyle paddling a small boat on Campbell Lake, about 400 yards from the home where the burglary occurred, Swedin said. A State Patrol helicopter hovered over the man, who paddled to shore and put his hands up, surrendering. He was handcuffed without further incident, Swedin said.
The homeowner was not harmed during the burglary.
Swedin said investigators are still trying to determine whether either of the suspects entered the home.
“The homeowner didn’t see them come into the house, but there’s an indication by some of the evidence that they were in the house,” Swedin said.
