Arrested: 35-year-old man rescued by Coast Guard from capsized boat, wanted by Canadian police

ASTORIA Ore. (KPTV) – A 35-year-old man who was rescued Friday morning by the U.S. Coast Guard after a stolen boat capsized in the Columbia River mouth was arrested Friday evening, according to Astoria police.Jericho Labonte was arrested without incident at about 8 p.m. at the Seaside Warming Center, police said.At about 1 p.m., the Coast Guard shared the dramatic rescue story on Twitter: they’d received a “Mayday” broadcast from a small boat floundering in the waves, near where two Coast Guard air crews were on a training mission.The crews immediately notified authorities at Cape Disappointment, who launched rescue boats.SEE ALSO: Hwy 26 closed near Buxton due to deadly crash(2/4)…who launched motor life boats from STA Cape Disappointment, the air crews arrived on scene to find the vessel floundering in the surf! The surf made rescue by boat dangerous, so the aircrew decided to lower the rescue swimmer and have the owner enter the water for rescue… pic.twitter.com/z92WvzpTG9— USCGPacificNorthwest (@USCGPacificNW) February 3, 2023 When the Coast Guard crews arrived, they realized the surf would make rescue by boat dangerous and decided to lower a rescue swimmer to meet Labonte in the water.Meanwhile, for 22-year-old Third Class Petty Officer John Branch-Walton
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