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Police arrest "triathlon " suspect

By TIM HARLOW, Star Tribune

Last update: August 25, 2008 - 2:45 PM

A 51-year-old man found himself participating in an impromptu triathlon last Thursday while trying to escape Minneapolis police.

It all started when police got a call from a woman who reported that a man was rummaging through the glove box of her vehicle parked on a south Minneapolis street.

Officers interrupted the would-be thief, and the suspect jumped on a bicycle and rode off, cutting through yards in the area of Franklin and Girard Avenues, said Sgt. William Palmer.

Officers, along with park police, spotted the man a short time later in the vicinity of Lake of the Isles. This time, the man took off on foot.

But as police closed in, the suspect jumped into Lake Calhoun and swam to an anchored sailboat, Palmer said.

Police negotiated with the suspect, who surrendered and swam back to the dock. That's where he was arrested and taken to jail.

He faces charges of tampering with a motor vehicle and fleeing police, Palmer said.

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