A little good news
Two events that occurred on the streets of our metroplex that won't make the news:
First: A teenage girl was home alone when two burglars pulled into the drive and started forcing their way into the home. A call to 911 was made and police made it to the residence relatively quickly. One determined officer arrived as the two burglars were running out of the back (abandoning their car) and hopped over a fence. The lone officer hopped the fence and two others in pursuit of the two burglars. He chased them down a bayou and ran them down. This lone officer was able to catch and arrest both suspects with nobody getting injured. On top of that, these guys are suspected in numerous other burglaries in that area. That lone officer's supervisor wrote a letter of commendation on the same day!
Second: Another officer on patrol attempted to stop a car. The car took off starting a short pursuit. The car went the wrong way; however, not very fast due to rush-hour traffic. The car hit another car head on (thankfully no injuries) and the two occupants fled on foot and were apprehended a short time later. It turns out that the car was taken in a robbery and both suspects were being investigated for other robberies in that part of town. One annoying thing is that the district attorney's office refused to charge them with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle (they did take the evading arrest in a motor vehicle charge though). The DA's office is very reluctant to take UUMV (auto theft in layman's terms) when the suspect has the key to the car. Originally this came about from too many cars reported stolen that were later learned to have been already recovered, or the car was loaned out and a dispute led to the owner calling to report it stolen. However, a car key taken by force usually doesn't constitute auto theft to many assistant DAs.
In conclusion, kudos to these two officers for getting some felons off of the streets!
Posted by Jason @ 08/07/09 11:41 PM | Houston Miscellany | Print | Comments (5)
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