ARRESTED TM

A FELTON MAN, WHO FLED WHEN AUTHORITIES ARRIVED AT HIS EMPIRE GRADE RESIDENCE TO ARREST HIM LAST WEEK, IS NOW BEHIND BARS. SANTA CRUZ COUNTY SHERIFF?S DEPUTIES TOOK 49-YEAR-OLD STEVEN ROCHESTER INTO CUSTODY ON OVER $500,000 IN DRUG WARRANTS ON FRIDAY. A DAY EARLIER, ROCHESTER DROVE AROUND A SQUAD CAR WHEN DEPUTIES PULLED INTO HIS DRIVEWAY TO DETAIN HIM. AFTER ABANDONING HIS VEHICLE AT THE END OF A DEAD END ROAD ROCHESTER DISAPEARED INTO THE WOODS. HE EVENTUALLY RETURNED TO HIS HOME, WHERE HE WAS APPRHENEDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.