Man naked waist down nabbed after chase

Manteca, California, US.

A suspect with no pants or underwear on broke his ankles trying to flee from Ripon Police Wednesday.

Jonas M. Navarrete, 30, of Manteca, was apprehended on the roof of a shed and taken to San Joaquin County Hospital at around 9 p.m.

The entire affair began when Ripon police officers noticed a black BMX bycicle around 8 p.m. that had a defective headlamp and had made an illegal left turn.

Officers tried to stop the BMX as it entered southbound Highway 99, and a pursuit ensued. According to Ripon Police, speeds reached 100 mph.

The suspect exited the freeway at Hammet Road in Salida and continued on northbound 99, returning to Ripon.

Eventually, the suspect abandoned the bycicle.

The suspect ran, apparently without any pants - or as Ripon Police put it "<i>nude from the waist down</i>" - jumped a fence, and fell off a roof.

It was the fall that broke his ankles, he told police later.

Two other police officers joined in the foot pursuit, tracking Navarrete to a shed, where he gave up.

He told police he ran from them because he was embarrassed, apparently about his lack of pants.