SHOW ME YOUR HANDS. Get on the [ __ ] GROUND, NOW. >> HE'S GOT a knife. >> This incident began in Marion County, Florida on New Year's Day, 2023, when deputies attempted to stop a suspected arsonist driving a stolen vehicle. The suspect refused to pull over, fled into the woods armed with a baseball bat and machete, and eventually climbed a tree where deputies would spend nearly 11 hours trying to convince him to come down. >> Increase his speed speed up to 75. 41031, Armond, go ahead and get your stop sticks out. 6214, we'll spike through the intersection. Looks like a good hit on the sticks. >> SHOW ME YOUR HANDS. GET ON THE [ __ ] GROUND, NOW. Get on the ground. You're going to get tased. Get on the ground. On the ground. >> Man, I got one at gunpoint holding the bat. >> Where are you going to go? Where are you going to go? Put the bat down. PUT THE BAT DOWN. PUT IT DOWN. YOU'RE GOING TO GET TASED. Get your hands up. GET YOUR [ __ ] HANDS UP. >> He's got a knife. He's got a knife. Armond, go less lethal. >> Stop it. Stop. Stop. >> Put the knife down. >> Drop the knife. >> Put the knife down. >> DROP THE KNIFE. >> ARMOND, go less lethal. PUT THE KNIFE DOWN, NOW. YOU ARE GOING TO GET TASED OR SHOT. PUT IT DOWN. >> YOU GOING TO GET DOG BIT, BRO. You going to get dog bit. MAN, GET OUT OF HERE. GO. PUT IT DOWN, BROTHER. PUT IT DOWN. WHY? Just want to talk to you, my man. You know you're going to get dog bit or hurt real bad. I mean, you're not wrong. I'm not wrong. to [ __ ] prison. >> I'm not trying to send you to prison. But, you're going to have to talk to me. You got a radio, Arvin? Mine's gone. MOVE! GO! STOP IT RIGHT NOW. >> JESSE MANAGED to evade the deputies and disappear into the woods. With the suspect no longer in sight, a Marion County K9 unit was called in. After following his trail for roughly 20 minutes, the K9 led deputies to an unexpected hiding place within the forest where Jesse would remain for the next 11 hours. >> Damn Jesse, I got you. >> Fan on this side of the tree if you can. >> Uh not much. >> He's still got the machete. >> He's a Hey Kilo, Kilo, he still has a machete in his hand. >> All right, he still has a machete. >> And two more steps, the ladder's going to have a double rung right there. And there's a rope in the middle. Drop your jacket when you're coming down. >> All right Jesse, I appreciate >> You're fine. Nobody's going to hurt you. We're just going to place you in handcuffs, okay? Thank you, Jesse. >> Thank you, Jesse. >> That's what he used. That was the first time or the second? >> Second. >> That's when he had it up there? >> Yeah. It was in his pants the whole time. >> That's how well he pulled it out a few times to like stick in a tree. >> I'm now the proud owner of one of these doohickeys. Huh? My wife did. 20 $3.99. They're on sale right now. But I'm better than him cuz I got a blue one. >> I bought this one but we got a deficient one cuz it didn't work. >> I don't I think it's whipping my ass. Pull apart and twist. >> That's how you close it. You got You got to become familiar with this thing if you're going to own it, okay? It's a big deal. >> That was That was a lifesaver today and I didn't even mind. >> After nearly 11 hours, Jesse finally climbed down from the tree and was taken into custody without further incident. Investigators say the Chevrolet Camaro he had been driving was reported stolen out of Tennessee. Jesse was booked into the Marion County Jail on charges including second-degree arson, grand theft of a motor vehicle, fleeing and eluding law enforcement, and resisting an officer without violence. According to court records, Jesse later underwent multiple psychological evaluations and was found incompetent to stand trial, resulting in his transfer to a state hospital for treatment.