Man hiding from Sheriff’s deputies under house for 12 hours finally arrested Sunday

A man kept Osceola County Sheriff’s deputies at bay for nearly 12 hours Sunday by hiding under a Kissimmee mobile home before taking him into custody after keeping the neighborhood on edge most of the morning and afternoon, a Sheriff’s spokesperson says.

Dalton Sears, 33, was arrested on a laundry list of charges, including possession of drugs and paraphernalia, use of a weapon during a felony, battery on a law enforcement and resisting officers with violence.

Deputies say they deputies responded to a criminal mischief complaint around 1:15 a.m. Sunday on Biscayne Road in a mobile home community off Poinciana Boulevard just south of U.S. Highway 192. They say they observed a male subject attempting to conceal himself in the woods. When deputies attempted to make contact with him, he fled and hid under a mobile home. Deputies located drugs and a several firearms in the area. A perimeter was set up around the mobile home, and the residents of the mobile home were safely moved out of the residence…

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