A Virginia man who headed west planning to live with grizzly bears will be returned home to undergo psychiatric counseling, authorities said this week.
The youth, whose name was not released because he's a minor under Wyoming law, appeared in county court Monday on traffic violations. But the prosecutor said the case would not be pursued if the man got help."What we're going to do is turn him over to the custody of his father. He apparently is pretty well disturbed, psychologically," said Larry Berryman, the Washakie County attorney. "They're going to provide some treatment for him back in his home . . . If they get him back into psychological counseling, I think that's more important than a couple of traffic offenses."
The 18-year-old from Charlottesville, Va., was arrested following a high-speed chase that ended with him atop his vehicle urging police to shoot him, said Washakie County Sheriff Ralph Seghetti.
The youth kept police at bay for roughly one hour atop his truck before he was coaxed to the ground, where officers handcuffed him after a brief struggle.
After taking the man into custody, police found his truck crammed with weapons, including a semiautomatic rifle, crossbows and arrows, more than 20 knives and two sets of brass knuckles.
Seghetti said that being taken into custody the man told police he was headed to Yellowstone to live with grizzlies.