Authorities in Northern California have arrested a fraud suspect accused of evading police for more than four hours by befriending a homeowner who invited him into his home for a meal.

The homeowner, a man in his 60s, told investigators he saw Tabb in his yard with some injuries. Police say Tabb told the homeowner that he had been "jumped" and people were looking for him, so the homeowner invited him inside and even made some food for him.

The two became friends and chatted inside for hours while officers went from yard to yard looking for the suspect, police said.

The homeowner was about to give Tabb a ride to a train station in San Francisco when police spotted them leaving the house and arrested Tabb, officials said. The homeowner told police that he received the recorded message but didn't think the description matched Tabb.