FORT WALTON BEACH — A man jumped off Brooks Bridge on Monday night while being chased by police officers after he allegedly stole meat from Publix.

David Randall Bertram, 41, was detained about 9:30 p.m. for shoplifting $10.38 worth of summer sausage, according to a report by the Fort Walton Beach Police Department.

Bertram ran off as he was being escorted to the patrol car outside of Publix. He ran behind a home on Alconese Avenue and was spotted later by another officer near Props Brewery, the report indicated.

He was ordered to stop, but continued to run across all lanes of traffic on U.S. Highway 98 and onto Brooks Bridge, "where he then jumped off the bridge and to the ground approximately 7 to 8 feet below," according to police.

Another officer who was on Brooks Street at the time saw Bertram and ordered him to stop. The officer then used his Taser when Bertram refused to stop. The report said Bertram resisted the first Taser burst and was given a second before he was captured.

He was booked into the Okaloosa County Jail on charges of providing a false name while lawfully detained, shoplifting and resisting an officer without violence.