Idaho man climbed out window, stole deputy’s SUV, police say

HOLLISTER, Idaho ( – Police say an Idaho man refused to open his bedroom door for an officer, then climbed out his window and stole the deputy’s SUV.

The Times-News reported that Twins Falls Sheriff’s Capt. Brent Hilliard said the Hollister man was hospitalized Thursday and had not yet been charged with a crime.

In a statement, Hilliard said a sheriff’s deputy went to the man’s home just after midnight Wednesday because someone had called 911 and left the line open. The man’s family members told the deputy he called 911, locked himself in his bedroom and was possibly having medical issues.

Hilliard says the man climbed out the window and made off with the SUV, eventually crashing after a police chase. He was taken to a hospital to be treated for injuries.