stealing a truck -- then ditching it here in caddo parish. deputies spent most of the day searching the wallace lake area.. tonight, the manhunt has been scaled back... but authorities say the cold weather should flush the fugitive out. the story's new tonight with crime reporter chris redford. dozens of sheriff's deputies.. at least four canines.. and a helicopter spent the day combing south caddo parish looking for this man... jason east... authorities say the 29-year old stonewall man... took off running after he ditched a stolen truck of noris ferry road... leaving his female passenger behind. "Natchitoches parish has put a detaine on her. They got a warant on her for actually stealing the vehicle. We'l be charging her with at least flight and resisting." some of the same charges lt. jackie lewis says east will be facing... the manhunt took deputies al the way down norris ferry road to debroeck where they found what's believed to be his wet boots. "Nice boots. Leather high top work bots laying in my yard. I was standing on my back porch and happened to be glance over there. I first thought they were mine, but mine were right beside me." jere hatcher says the whole thing has left him and his neighbors on edge.. this is normally a very quiet neighborhood. "My wife and I are retired and live in one of these homs by ourselves so we're just watching to see what's going on out here." CE WORD SPREAD... MWNERS started rorting l kinds of suspicious activities... the simple sound f gs barking takes a whole new MEANING WHERE'S A WANTN ON THE LS e does not want to arrested and he's been in the woods ding from us al dayoff and on." lt. lewis says east uld be iaot s trouble h he just stoped fpies instead of ading tml er the place. in cado pascis dford ktbs 3 news. thorities say- ers no reason to lieve eastsrd with any weapons-- but they urge anyone who might see him to use extreme caution. they say don't approach him... call 9-1 immediately. after two years ... a plea bargain has been reached