Suspect lured from tree with taco facing 20 charges

 A man who went up a tree to escape Regina police on Wednesday is now facing charges.

The man had climbed the tree on the 700 block of Garnet Street around 11:45 a.m. to escape police and would only be coaxed down at 4:30 p.m. when a neighbour offered him a taco.

Police were in the area looking for a suspected car thief when they located the man on a stolen bicycle, at that point the man went up the tree.

Now, 32-year-old Robin Kaiswatum is facing 20 charges, including:

• Possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000
• Breach of probation
• Break, enter and commit theft (five counts)
• Break, enter and commit mischief
• Possession of property cbtained by crime under $5,000 (five counts)
• Theft under $5,000 (three counts)
• Theft over $5,000
• Mischief under $5,000 (two counts)
• Resist arrest

The charges come from a number of car and bicycle thefts over the last month.

Kaiswatum was in court Friday morning.

The investigation continues.