Tree-Climber Arrested After 11-Hour Standoff
Pasco deputies say a man climbed a 30-foot tree and stayed there to avoid capture.
A Land O’ Lakes man is behind bars this morning after Pasco County Sheriff’s Office deputies say he climbed a tree and refused to come down to avoid capture on robbery charges. The standoff lasted about 11 hours. It started around 2 p.m. Nov. 16 after deputies were notified of a man who pushed another person off a bike, stole the bike and put it into his truck. When a deputy approached the suspect, the man fought the deputy, according to a sheriff’s office media release. The deputy then called for backup. The man, however, ran to the area near Lake Padgett Road and Bell Lake Road and climbed a 30-foot tree to avoid capture. And that’s where he stayed for 11 hours. Deputies say Ray Allen Charron, 37, of 3819 Forest Park Place came down …
