A suspect who ran away from

a sheriff's deputy trying to serve an arrest warrant was caught by

Fayetteville police officers after a brief manhunt in south Fayetteville

early Tuesday evening.

Anthony Armstrong, 38, was

being arrested on a warrant for deposit account fraud, said Sgt. Belinda

McCastle of the Fayette County Sheriff's Department. He was eventually

spotted by the sheriff's department's helicopter, Hawk 1, as

he crossed Jimmie Mayfield Boulevard to South Jeff Davis, McCastle said.

Fayetteville officers were

nearby and arrested him near Industrial Way, McCastle noted.

"It was very good teamwork,"

McCastle said.

Armstrong was first encountered

at a home on Lauren Street, when the deputy noticed him peek through a

door, McCastle said. As the deputy knocked on the door, he heard the suspect

run away and the foot chase began, she said.

The deputy lost sight of Armstrong

near the Williamsburg subdivision, McCastle said.

In addition to the deposit

account fraud charge, Armstrong is also charged with obstruction of a

police officer, McCastle said.

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