SWAT Team arrests Bend-area fugitive wanted on several warrants at a home south of Sunriver
Barney Lerten
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team went to a home south of Sunriver Wednesday morning and arrested a Bend-area man wanted on several active warrants for crimes ranging from identity theft to repeatedly running from police.
The SWAT Team arrested Paul Alfred Akehurst, 40, without incident around 8:40 a.m. at a home off Trader Lane, south of Vandevert Road, DCSO Public Information Officer Jason Carr told KTVZ News.
The Deschutes County warrants include two felony warrants for criminal driving with a suspended or revoked licenses and another for aggravated ID theft.
Carr said deputies also had developed probable cause for additional charges, including fleeing or attempting to elude police, reckless driving, reckless endangering and driving with a suspected or revoked liecense.
“The arrest followed an ongoing investigation and recent incidents in which Akehurst fled from law enforcement in a vehicle and drove recklessly toward the public and responding deputies,” Carr said in a news release.
Akehurst surrendered without incident after deputies served him with a court-authorized warrant.
Carr said Akehurst was booked into the county jail in Bend on the outstanding warrants. He added that more charges may be filed, pending further review.
Back in May of 2014, KTVZ News reported that Bend police arrested Akehurst on DUII and other charges after a chase down Third Street hit speeds of 100 mph. Court records show he pleaded no contest to five of his nine charges and was sentenced to 30 months in prison and a lifetime suspension of his driver’s license.