EUGENE, Ore. -

UPDATE 12/1: Police have identified the suspect caught in a Eugene culvert Sunday afternoon as 41-year-old Nicholas Ian Tallman, who they say had multiple warrants, including one out of the Oregon State Penitentiary.

According to police, Tallman was booked at the Lane County Jail on charges including two counts of Criminal Trespass in the First Degree, Escape in the Third Degree, along with the warrants he already had.

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Eugene Police and Eugene-Springfield Fire rescue teams worked for several hours Sunday afternoon to rescue a trespassing suspect from a 32-inch drainage pipe spanning 300 feet. Officials said he came out a little disoriented.

“We had to pull him out,” Eugene Police Patrol Lieutenant Watch Commander Mike Ware said. “He didn't want to come

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