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Abandoned Car Accident Leads to Arrest

When the police responded to an abandoned car accident early last Monday morning, the situation quickly turned into a manhunt and eventually led to the arrest of a Houston man, according to Huntsville Police officials.

The incident started at approximately 5:00 AM when a passerby reported a single vehicle crash at mile marker 112 on I-45, near the TDCJ Goree Unit.  When a police officer responded to the scene, the vehicle was found unoccupied, but the crash looked as though it was recent.  The officer then called in the license plate numbers on the car, which was a beige Mazda and discovered that the vehicle had been reported stolen in Plano just three hours prior.

It was also discovered that the driver of the car was wanted for aggravated robbery, after he repeatedly stabbed the vehicle’s owner while stealing it.

After finding out this new information, Huntsville Police promptly began an extensive manhunt for the driver.  All day-shift officers were called to assist with the search, along with scent dogs from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.  A request was also made for a Department of Public Safety helicopter, but it was not used.

The search had been underway for two hours when a police officer stopped a woman while she was starting her car.  He informed her about the fugitive and she mentioned that she had heard a suspicious noise that morning.  The polce officer found an adult Hispanic male sleeping insde in the back seat of an unused vehicle in the driveway.  He then called for backup.

The man was taken into custody without incident.  He was confirmed to be the driver of the abandoned vehicle.  When he was discovered, there was blood on his clothing, but it was not determined if the blood was the result of the stabbing from earlier that morning or if it was from the car accident.

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