A second Olympic Valley BASE jumper has found himself behind bars after a nighttime attempt off Placer County's Foresthill Bridge.
Authorities, responding to a reported suicide attempt Wednesday evening, spotted a man parachuting off the span.
"We got a call saying that she was at the bridge and was going to jump. That is what led us out there," said Sgt. Dave Johnson of the Sheriff's Department.
It turns out the woman was not at the bridge and did not make an attempt on her life, authorities said.
Wednesday evening, authorities say, the Placer County sheriff's helicopter crew spotted Aaron McGovern, 39, of Olympic Valley just as he was about to jump from the span.
The helicopter illuminated the base jumper during his flight off the 730-foot-high bridge and followed his unsuccessful attempt to evade arrest.
The bridge - the third highest in America - is a popular place for base jumping and suicides.
Earlier this year, McGovern's friend Nicholas Frey, 34, of Olympic Valley, was arrested after he and his parachute got stuck in a tree after his jump.
Johnson said McGovern would face charges for violating the county BASE jumping law and for resisting attest.
The man was taken into custody shortly after 8 p.m.
"It was a bad night to be a BASE jumper," Johnson said.
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