On a recent spring day, the City of Roseville Police Department reported a somewhat unconventional arrest after a plainclothes detective, while assisting a car theft victim, discovered the alleged thief napping near the stolen vehicle. According to the department’s Facebook post, the incident, which occurred just hours after the vehicle was reported stolen in Citrus Heights, escalated when the suspect spotted approaching uniformed officers and attempted an ill-fated escape, police said.
The suspect’s haphazard sprint, marred by the gravitational challenge of holding his pants up and keeping a concealed firearm from slipping, came to an abrupt conclusion—a result of a hasty yet physical interception by law enforcement taking place just as the fleeing man’s makeshift plan crumbled under the weight of reality, and a burgeoning arrest record, the department account was rife with a tone that while light underscored the danger involved in the chase. Among the charges listed against him were possession of a stolen vehicle, being a felon in possession of a firearm, drug possession, having burglary tools, and resisting arrest, though the tongue-in-cheek Roseville force added an informal charge for failing to outrun the police…