Body cam video picks up the moment a deputy spotted Tokman. The sheriff's office said Tokman was spotted naked in the backyard of the second house. He took off running, jumped in the pool, then climbed out. Tokeman continued to run towards a trampoline where he jumped onto the surface. He stopped running and laid flat against the trampoline but still resisted arrest on Friday, April 7, 2023. (Volusia County Sheriff's Office)
DEBARY, Fla. (CBS12) —
Body cam video captured the moment deputies arrested a naked, blood-covered burglar after he had a dip in a pool and a jump on a trampoline.
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The Volusia County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded to a report of a burglary in progress at a home on Highbanks Road in DeBary on April 7, at around 2 a.m.
Deputies said the suspect, later identified as 34-year-old Blake Tokman had smashed out the windows of one house and entered. Then broke into another home shortly after. Deputies say both homes were occupied at the time of the break-ins.
Body cam video picks up the moment a deputy spotted Tokman. The sheriff's office said Tokman was spotted naked in the backyard of the second house. He took off running, jumped in the pool, then climbed out. Tokeman continued to run towards a trampoline where he jumped onto the surface. He stopped running and laid flat against the trampoline but still resisted arrest.
The sheriff's office said it took four deputies to apprehend him, with the addition of three medical professionals to secure him onto a stretcher for treatment and evaluation of injuries he caused himself.
The sheriff's office charged Tokman with two counts of occupied burglary, three counts of battery on a law enforcement officer, two counts of criminal mischief and resisting arrest with violence. He was transported for further medical evaluation and treatment before he was taken to the Volusia County Branch Jail.
