Suspect jumps into canal to flee from Port Orange Police

A suspect jumped into a canal after running from a traffic stop by Port Orange Police.

Port Orange Police tried multiple times to get the suspect, Ray Norris, out of the canal on Thursday, August 17. Eventually, another officer went in after him.

“Stop. Come here right now. Come here right now. You’re swimming. Let’s go, come on. You’re done, bro, you’re done. Just come out,” a Port Orange officer said, “he is backstroking right now northbound in the canal.”

Norries was arrested and charged with grand theft, fleeing and resisting an officer.