Video

PUTTING A NEIGHBORHOOD ON HIGH ALERT... AND WHEN POLICE FINALLY PUT THE MAN IN HANDCUFFS.. THEY FIND THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME HE'S HAD A RUN IN WITH THE LAW. OFFICERS WARN NEIGHBORS TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES BECAUSE AN ARMED MAN IS ON THE LOOSE. THEY SAY HE WAS WALKING AROUND NEAR COPPER AND CARDENAS... LOOKING FOR SEX. 'He approached an undercover officer, posing as a prostitute and solicited sex, obviously an illegal act.' WHEN IT CAME TIME TO TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY..THE MAN HAD OTHER PLANS... 'We went to apprehend him to take him into custody, and he decided he didn't want to do that, ran, bad idea, police caught him.' IT TOOK TWO HOURS ....A POLICE K-9..... PLENTY OF MAN POWER AND EVEN THE POLICE CHOPPER TO FINALLY GET THE SUSPECT IN HANDCUFFS. POLICE SAY HE'S FACING MORE TROUBLE THAN JUST SOLICITING SEX. ' The individual had a gun in his lap, an ankle bracelet on, he is on probation for charges, obviously a repeat offender.'POLICE HAD TO SURROUND AN ENTIRE BLOCK BEFORE CAPTURING THE MAN INSIDE A HOME THAT WAS NOT HIS. THEY SAY PUTTING A STOP TO THIS KIND OF CRIME MAY FORCE OTHERS TO THINK TWICE. ' We've talked about this before how prostitution represents a gateway into other types of criminal activity and that's exactly what we saw here today.'POLICE SAY THE MAN WAS ALSO SMOKING POT WHEN HE APPROACHED THE VICE OFFICER...HE FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES.