{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"KZYX News","title":"Deputies scuffle with red-bearded burglar","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":389,"description":"September 8, 2021 — Sheriff’s deputies had a second close encounter early Monday morning with the red bearded burglar who is suspected of breaking into a string of remote cabins on the coast. The encounter was so close, according to Sheriff Matt Kendall, that a K9 handler had his hands on the suspect before he escaped again.\r\nKendall said deputies cornered the suspect, believed to be forty-year-old William Evers, in a cabin on Navarro Ridge early on September sixth. At about 4:30 in the morning, Kendall reported, Evers “came squirting out the door,” and the deputy grabbed him. A scuffle between the two men and the dog ensued, and the dog accidentally bit its handler, whereupon Evers escaped. He was last seen running toward the Salmon Creek drainage. \r\nKendall added that a SWAT team member who was also injured during the attempted capture put some ice on his knee and both deputies are back at work.\r\nEvers is wanted for burglaries, but also for shooting at a deputy on the night of May 12, when a patrol deputy interrupted him burglarizing a residence in Elk. Evers ran, the deputy chased him, and Evers fired on him with a handgun. The deputy fired back, but no one was injured. Evers is also suspected of stealing a rifle in February.\r\nEvers is considered armed and dangerous.\r\nAn injured deputy right now would be a serious blow to the sheriff’s office, which is down to 23 patrol deputies. That’s significantly less than the 40 working patrol deputies the department would have at full staffing, and doesn’t count the sergeants and lieutenants. The sheriff’s office has 96 employees, including bailiffs, part time workers, and jail personnel. \r\nLate last month, Captain Gregory van Patten wrote a letter to the board saying that, due to the staffing shortage and the pandemic, the sheriff’s office is “going to be forced to reduce some services to ensure that we have the ability to provide public safety...the Sheriff’s Office will not be responding to Mental Health related...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/xZpAumwbhFUpJUYcwaQ1-q6snzOyqAm13l7cW6AWPCM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMzkz/NjAwNjc2OWMyZmFk/YWY2YTdmYjI5M2Mz/YWMxNy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}