Suspect tries to escape from officer on foot, turns out cop is a distance runner

A wanted suspect in Washington State learned, rather quickly, that the cop he tried to outrun is an endurance athlete.

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Moses Lake Police Department, based in the town of the same name in Washington, posted a statement to its Facebook page on Friday recapping the events that led to an arrest. The MLPD officer spotted a man, Jeremiah Hamilton, while on a routine patrol and recognized Hamilton as having felony warrants for his arrest, according to a statement. Hamilton tried to flee on foot only to realize that the officer was a long-distance runner.

“Hamilton clearly underestimated the fitness of the officer, who is one of those people who actually enjoys running really long distances and does it regularly,” reads a line of the statement.

Once caught, Hamilton resisted arrest when a tow truck driver arrived on scene and helped the officer. “With [driver] Juan Pineda’s help, Hamilton was taken into custody in no time,” the MLPD statement, which ends with the hashtag #DontRunFromTheSkinnyCops, reads.

“Hamilton was booked into the Grant County Jail for a felony Department of Corrections warrant as well as three misdemeanor warrants,” the release says. NBC Charlotte originally reported on the incident.