On October 19, 2014 at 2050 hours, an Amador County Sheriff’s Deputy attempted to detain a subject operating an ATV on Carson Drive in Pioneer. The subject failed to yield and led deputies on a pursuit from Carson Drive, onto Highway 88, and then onto Pioneer Creek Road.  The deputies ultimately lost sight of the ATV and terminated the pursuit.  Sheriff’s Deputies followed the dust trail from the ATV.  The deputies subsequently located the subject on a driveway off Sugar Pine Drive and attempted to detain him again.  The subject drove the ATV cross country until it became disabled in the manzanita.  The subject then fled on foot.  

An aircraft from the California Highway Patrol (CHP) was requested.  The CHP aircraft utilizing F.L.I.R. located a heat signature in a nearby creek bed.  Amador County Sheriff’s Deputies searched the creek bed and located the subject who was arrested without further incident.  Upon searching the subject and the ATV, over a pound of marijuana was located. 

The subject was identified as Rodney Wayne Maisenbach Jr., 29, a parolee at large. Maisenbach was charged with violation of CVC section 2800.1(A), evading a peace officer; PC 3000.08(c), violation of parole; and HS 11357(c), possession of over an ounce of marijuana.  Maisenbach was booked into the Amador County Jail.

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