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NewsJanuary 31, 2016

SITKA, Alaska -- Authorities arrested a fugitive convicted on drug and theft charges after finding him hiding in what they called an "elaborate tunnel system" dug underneath a trailer home in Alaska. The tunnels narrowed as officers walked farther in, forcing them to trudge through on their knees, then on their stomachs. Sitka police say they spotted Jeremy Beebe's foot sticking out of another hidden entrance, catching him after an officer pulled back the skirting around the trailer...

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Fugitive found in trailer's tunnel system

SITKA, Alaska -- Authorities arrested a fugitive convicted on drug and theft charges after finding him hiding in what they called an "elaborate tunnel system" dug underneath a trailer home in Alaska. The tunnels narrowed as officers walked farther in, forcing them to trudge through on their knees, then on their stomachs. Sitka police say they spotted Jeremy Beebe's foot sticking out of another hidden entrance, catching him after an officer pulled back the skirting around the trailer.

-- Associated Press

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