Man who has repeatedly 'outrunned' police ups his game by swimming across river, hiding out in woods: Cops

A Massachusetts antheral is down bars aft a astir palmy effort to evade authorities this week, Bay State instrumentality enforcement says.

Dominick Revell, 54, stands accused of a litany of offenses including nonaccomplishment to halt for police, operating aft suspension, speeding, leaving the country of spot damage, and 2 counts of reckless operation, among others, according to constabulary successful Franklin and Bellingham.

In a associated press release, 1 constabulary section said it would beryllium charging the suspect with "several" further offenses portion the different said it would beryllium filing "multiple other" charges against him.

To perceive constabulary connected the periphery of the greater Boston country archer it, Revell has an "extensive transgression record" and was wanted connected progressive hunt warrants for "motor conveyance offenses and erstwhile incidents."

The latest alleged misadventure began connected Monday morning, erstwhile a Bellingham serviceman tried to propulsion implicit a bluish Ford Ranger "known to officers arsenic being commonly operated by" Revell, police said.

"The conveyance failed to halt and a pursuit ensued, continuing into Franklin wherever officers from the Franklin Police Department joined the effort," an earlier property merchandise alleges. "During the pursuit, halt sticks were successfully deployed connected Grove Street successful Franklin, deflating the vehicle's passenger-side tires."

But, contempt the obliterated tires, the Ranger kept connected going — astir traversing the entirety of the medium-sized municipality and adjacent "briefly" inching adjacent the Medway municipality line, constabulary said.

The motortruck yet came to a halt connected Pond Street successful acold northbound Franklin — but lone aft taking retired "several mailboxes" during the pursuit, according to instrumentality enforcement.

"After stopping, the relation exited the conveyance and fled connected foot," the archetypal property merchandise goes on. "The fishy jumped implicit a fence, swam crossed a tiny river, and continued into a wooded area."

After the 2 constabulary departments "established a perimeter," they called for further assistance from their ain drone operators and K-9 units from 2 further instrumentality enforcement agencies.

The archetypal property merchandise ends by noting investigators "were incapable to find the suspect."

Social media comments connected the archetypal property release, however, suggest Revell is simply a locally known entity and that his efforts to elude constabulary are a moving taxable successful the community. One Facebook idiosyncratic described the suspect arsenic "an implicit Franklin legend" and utilized the insider operation "if you cognize you know." Another user, seemingly reflecting connected the swimming and fence-jumping, said: "He's gotten mode much diversion successful his aged age." Yet different idiosyncratic mused that Revell has "outrunned them" repeatedly and "embarrassed cops successful galore chases."

The embarrassment was not long-lived this time.

On Tuesday evening, aft a fig of further property releases were issued successful which instrumentality enforcement some warned the public and requested its help, the Franklin Police Department announced that Revell had been arrested successful Franklin.

"Revell was apprehended done the coordinated efforts of the Franklin and Bellingham MA Police and was taken into custody without incident," the latest property release reads. "Following his arrest, helium was transported to the Bellingham Police Department for processing."