Bend Police took into custody an escaped prisoner from Idaho Thursday. About 9:50 a.m., a Bend Police officer saw a vehicle associated with an escaped prisoner from Idaho. The escapee, Zachary Heward, had used a false name in a traffic stop in August. When the officer recognized the vehicle, he attempted to catch up to it in order to conduct a traffic stop. By the time the officer arrived, he found the vehicle abandoned by the side of the road. The suspect ran from the vehicle toward the Pilot Butte Cemetery in the 600 block of NE 12th Street.
Bend Police apprehended the suspect after a short foot pursuit in the cemetery. Heward was transported to the Deschutes County Jail on the out-of-state warrant and a charge of third-degree escape.
Heward walked away from the Idaho Falls Work Release Center on May 17, 2021. He was in custody on charges including methamphetamine possession, grand theft, burglary, and resisting and obstructing an officer.
Officers were assisted by community members who reported seeing a suspicious male matched the fugitive’s description running in the area.
