MAN UNDERGOING EVALUATION.

Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer

A Lancaster man was hospitalized and is undergoing a mental evaluation after he broke a home window, jumped on a patrol car and fended off sheriff's deputies who tried to subdue him with pepper spray, a baton and a stun gun, officials said.

The 26-year-old man, whose name was not released, was apprehended 10 minutes later and hospitalized Thursday.

``Nothing seemed to have an effect on him,'' said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Lt. Terry Lewis. ``Eventually he lay down in the middle of traffic where he was apprehended.''

Deputies arrived at the 43000 block of Pearlwood Drive shortly after 11:15 a.m. and soon after they got a call from the man's father. Lewis said the caller described his son as a mental patient and said he was breaking windows.

As deputies approached the man, he took a fighting stance, Lewis said, and ran after deputies spritzed him with pepper spray.

``He then climbed on top of a patrol car and began to jump up and down,'' said Lewis. ``One deputy hit the man twice in the thigh with a baton, and another deputy hit him twice in the thigh with a flashlight.''

When nothing else appeared to affect the man, Lewis said, deputies shot him once with a stun gun. He got off the car but ran, deputies said.

After finally lying down on a street, the man was taken into custody and transported to Antelope Valley Hospital for a 72-hour evaluation.