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ST. GEORGE — A Santa Clara man ran through more than a mile of lava rocks during a foot chase with police, sustaining multiple injuries that required a trip to the hospital before he was booked into jail after an incident that began with a revoked bond and a bail agent.
Ernest G. Lugan was arrested Tuesday afternoon on multiple third-degree felony offenses, including two counts of drug possession and one count for escaping custody. He also faces one count of drug possession and one count for possession of drug paraphernalia, both class B misdemeanors.
The arrest stemmed from a bail bond company requesting police assistance, Santa Clara-Ivins Police Sgt. Jaron Studley said. The bond agent went to a residence in the 2500 block of Canyon View Drive to pick up Britney Christensen on a revoked bond and several warrants.
The agent became suspicious when the man who answered the door, later identified as Troy Askee, said that no one by that name was at the residence nor did he know anyone by that name, Studley said.
“This was after the bail bond company received credible information that Christensen was possibly hiding out at that residence,” he added.
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