(Long Beach, IN) - Police chasing a suspected criminal from Michigan City on foot ended up with police fishing him from a pond.

 

Cleophis Swanson, 33, is being held in the La Porte County Jail without bond on multiple counts including resisting law enforcement and violating probation.

 

Tuesday afternoon, officers were called to an apartment complex along Karwick Road just north of U.S. 12 in Long Beach on a report of a disturbance along with the tip that Swanson, who had a warrant for his arrest, was there.

 

Upon arrival, police said Swanson was outside smoking a cigarette when he took off running.  During a foot chase, Swanson was found hanging on to a log in water up to his stomach, telling officers he doesn’t know how to swim.  A rope was thrown to Swanson, who was pulled to the edge of the pond and taken into custody. 

 

Police said Swanson, a suspect in recent thefts, was at an apartment where stolen property was recovered during a search after he was pulled from the water.