Deputies spent a few minutes telling the suspect that the "pond was surrounded," and they were about to enter the water to remove him.

The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office surrounded a pond to arrest a man suspected of stealing a vehicle.

Deputies located a reported stolen vehicle near the 8200 block of Kindred Spirit Lane. When the suspect spotted the deputies, he fled to a nearby pond, where he entered a canoe.

Deputies spent the next few minutes telling the suspect that the "pond was surrounded," and they were about to enter the water to remove him.