Man detained after foot pursuit
Brian Walker; Staff Writer | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 8 years, 7 months AGO
Brandon F. Ross
LISA JAMES/Press Post Falls police attend to Brandon Ross after a foot-chase that ended with police using a stun gun to subdue Ross. The chase lasted about 30 minutes after Ross was found wandering in neighborhoods around 12th Avenue. Ross was subdued in a field off 16th Avenue where a goat wandered over during the activity.
LISA JAMES/PressPost Falls police and first responders push Brandon Ross to an ambulance after a foot chase that ended with police using a stun gun to subdue Ross. The foot chase lasted about 30 minutes after Ross was found wandering in neighborhoods around 12th Avenue. Ross has multiple warrants, according to police, and was believed to be under the influence.
LISA JAMES/Press Post Falls Police tend to Brandon Ross after a foot chase that ended with police using a stun gun to subdue him. The foot chase lasted about 30 minutes after Ross was found wandering in neighborhoods around 12th Avenue. Ross has multiple warrants, according to police, and was believed to be under the influence.
LOREN BENOIT/PressPost Falls police and first responders put Brandon Ross into an ambulance after a foot chase that ended with police using a stun gun to subdue Ross. The foot chase lasted about 30 minutes after Ross was found wandering in neighborhoods around 12th Avenue. Ross has multiple warrants, according to police, and was believed to be under the influence.
LISA JAMES/PressPost Falls police attend to Brandon Ross after a foot chase that ended with police using a stun gun to subdue Ross. The foot chase lasted about 30 minutes after Ross was found wandering in neighborhoods around 12th Avenue. Ross has multiple warrants, according to police, and was believed to be under the influence.
POST FALLS — A Post Falls man wanted on felony warrants allegedly held a knife to his throat before police used a stun gun to detain him after a foot pursuit in Post Falls on Thursday.
Brandon F. Ross, 29, was detained in a pasture along 16th Avenue across from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints around 12:15 p.m. following a half-hour foot chase that began on 12th Avenue.
Ross, who was wanted on a $50,000 warrant for failure to appear for grand theft of a financial transaction card and a combined $50,000 warrant for possession of a controlled substance and drug possession with intent to deliver, was transported to Kootenai Health for evaluation after complaining of side pain.
"He was reported to be suspiciously running through yards on 12th Avenue," Post Falls police Capt. Greg McLean said of the initial call. "When officers arrived, he took off running."
McLean said it appeared that Ross was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. He said Ross held a pocket knife to his throat when officers approached him in the pasture.
"That's when the stun gun was used," McLean said.
McLean said it appeared only one probe connected to the suspect's body as he was wearing a thick sweatshirt.
The officers involved were not injured.
Ross was expected to be transported to the Kootenai County jail after the medical evaluation at the hospital.
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