A 29-year-old man eluded police for hours through a corn maze, police said.Ryan K. Wyatt, a homeless man, had been accused of stalking a former girlfriend.He allegedly violated a restraining order Friday and fled from police Saturday across a highway into a corn maze in Northern California, The Press Democrat reported.Police searched the corn maze for two hours and even used a helicopter to assist, according to the news outlet. It wasn't until exiting the maze that an officer decided to search a chicken coop and found the man, authorities said."It's a great place to hide," Lt. Ed Crosby of the Petaluma Police Department told the Santa Cruz Sentinel. "It's very narrow. It takes a long time to get through it."Wyatt was booked at Sonoma County Jail with a $250,000 bail.Related video: Check out the diverse corn mazes that farmers make and how they help their businesses.

A 29-year-old man eluded police for hours through a corn maze, police said.

Ryan K. Wyatt, a homeless man, had been accused of stalking a former girlfriend.


He allegedly violated a restraining order Friday and fled from police Saturday across a highway into a corn maze in Northern California, The Press Democrat reported.

Police searched the corn maze for two hours and even used a helicopter to assist, according to the news outlet.

It wasn't until exiting the maze that an officer decided to search a chicken coop and found the man, authorities said.

"It's a great place to hide," Lt. Ed Crosby of the Petaluma Police Department told the Santa Cruz Sentinel. "It's very narrow. It takes a long time to get through it."

Wyatt was booked at Sonoma County Jail with a $250,000 bail.



Related video: Check out the diverse corn mazes that farmers make and how they help their businesses.





