On March 11, 2023 at approximately 4 p.m., Calhoun County Sheriff's Office deputies conducted a traffic stop on a suspicious vehicle in 24000 block of J Drive S in Albion Township. During the traffic stop, the passenger of the vehicle, identified as a 36-year-old Homer resident, fled from the vehicle on foot. Deputies were able to determine that the subject had multiple warrants out of several different counties. A K9 deputy was deployed and tracked the suspect into a nearby lake. The suspect waded out into chest high water and refused to exit the water. Deputies quickly requested assistance from Albion Township Fire, Homer Township Fire, Marshall City Fire and Albion Department of Public Safety. Deputies deployed a UAV drone to attempt to establish contact and monitor the subject in the water.
Firefighters with Homer Township wore protective equipment and swam to the subject. With their assistance, the subject was escorted to the shore where he was immediately transferred to Marshall Area Firefighters Ambulance Authority. The subject was then transported to a local hospital for hypothermia treatment.
