Nearly Naked Man Jumps out Window to Avoid Arrest

An attempt to serve a Mulberry Street man with two warrants Friday morning turned into an unusual episode, according to the Attleboro Police Department.

Lt. James Kean said that when officers arrived at 31-year-old Timothy Scannell's home at 9:10 a.m. to arrest him on warrants for alleged assault and battery as well as felony assault and battery to intimidate a witness, he jumped out of the home's second-floor window dressed only in his underwear.

A perimiter was set up near the home at 35 Mulberry Street and tracking dogs were brought in from the state police and Department of Corrections. Nearby Thacher Elementary School and a daycare were put on lockdown. Kean stressed the children were never in danger, but the action was taken to reduce the number of places Scannell had to hide.

The dogs tracked the suspect to a garage/shed not far from his home at 10:15 a.m. He was arrested, with allegations of disturbing the peace and resisting arrests added to the list. Scannell was expected to make a Friday afternoon appearance in Attleboro District Court.