A Knox man was arrested with the assistance of a K9 Tuesday, May 31 after allegedly eluding police following an incident.
Police say 56-year-old Jeffery Osborne was wanted for several felonies and fled behind a residence in the 300 block of Bender Street around 6:40 p.m. CT. Officers from the Knox City Police Department and the Starke County Sheriff’s Department were able to set up a perimeter while Knox City Police Department K9 O’Neill tracked down Osborne who was hiding in thick vegetation, according to the report.
Osborne reportedly did not comply with commands to reveal himself and K9 O’Neill entered the area and apprehended him.
Osborne was treated and released from the hospital and then arrested on preliminary charges of invasion of privacy, strangulation, domestic battery, resisting law enforcement and battery. He is currently being held in the Starke County Justice Center.
Suspects are presumed innocent unless or until proven guilty in a court of law.
