SIOUX CITY POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT ARRESTED MONDAY NIGHT, FOLLOWING A STAKEOUT AND SURVEILLANCE OF A HOME AT 1724 INGLESIDE HAD BEEN A WORK RELEASE ESCAPEE SINCE JUNE 29TH.
SGT. TOM GILL SAYS 25 YEAR OLD ANTONIO ROCKWOOD WAS ARRESTED AFTER A SERIES OF EVENTS THAT BEGAN WHEN AN OFFICER SPOTTED THE SUSPECT IN A CAR AROUND 6:30 P.M:
ROCKWOOD1 OC……FOR THAT RESIDENCE. :22
OFFICERS SURROUNDED THE HOME AND BLOCKED OFF STREETS IN THE AREA.
ROCKWOOD2 OC……WAS SAFE. :16:
SGT. GILL SAYS A WOMAN WITH A YOUNG CHILD FIRST CAME OUT OF THE RESIDENCE:
ROCKWOOD3 OC……IN AN ATTIC. :15
POLICE GAINED ENTRY AND SEARCHED THE HOME AND EVENTUALLY FOUND ROCKWOOD:
ROCKWOOD4 OC……..HE WAS HIDING. :11
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HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.
SGT. GILL SAYS THE VEHICLE ROCKWELL WAS IN WHEN THE PURSUIT BEGAN WAS REPORTED STOLEN, BUT NOT UNTIL AFTER HE WAS CAPTURED:
ROCKWOOD5 OC……….THAT PART OF IT. :14
ROCKWOOD WAS INITIALLY CHARGED WITH ABSENCE FROM CUSTODY AND WAS ALSO BEING HELD ON A FEDERAL WARRANT.
