A man police were chasing Monday fell into the pool of an east Mesa home.
According to Mesa police, an officer attempted to stop a car at 2:52 a.m. driven by Matthew Roy Malcom, 21, in the area of Hawes and Medina when he fled and eventually ran a red light at Guadalupe and Hawes.
The vehicle went out of control and crashed into landscaping at the southwest corner of Posada and Hawes . Malcom and a 17-year-old passenger fled, but when Malcom climbed a wall into a backyard, he didn’t see the swimming pool and fell in. Police arrested him as he climbed out of the pool.
Police found the passenger an hour later hiding under a truck in the 8300 block of east Peralta. A police dog bit him and dragged him out.
Malcolm was booked on suspicion of driving a stolen vehicle, felony flight and a prison warrant for an alleged parole violation. The passenger was booked on suspicion of possession of marijuana for sale, trespassing and curfew.
Matthew Malcom
Sort of an East Mesa version of ” Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”