A lengthy high speed chase led police all across Abilene and other parts of the Big Country.
It began at the 3300 block of S. Treadaway around 6:30 Thursday evening. The suspect is a black middle-aged male wearing a red shirt. He robbed a woman's purse, then car-jacked a 2008 silver GMC Yukon. The driver then led police on a chase winding around south Abilene, then onto winters freeway, and headed north onto Interstate 20. He drove back and forth several times on I-20, then led police between pine street, down 277, then back into Abilene on Treadaway. That was where police called off the pursuit because of the danger brought o other drivers.
Police located the suspect at the 1400 block of Mesquite St. and attempted to trap him near a residence. The driver rammed into several cars and escaped down a back alley. The pursuit picked up again, heading into Callahan County.
Police captured the suspect just after 9:00 and had him in custody in Eastland.
Police say the suspect is from Colorado City. He is being held in the Callahan County jail.
It began at the 3300 block of S. Treadaway around 6:30 Thursday evening. The suspect is a black middle-aged male wearing a red shirt. He robbed a woman's purse, then car-jacked a 2008 silver GMC Yukon. The driver then led police on a chase winding around south Abilene, then onto winters freeway, and headed north onto Interstate 20. He drove back and forth several times on I-20, then led police between pine street, down 277, then back into Abilene on Treadaway. That was where police called off the pursuit because of the danger brought o other drivers.
Police located the suspect at the 1400 block of Mesquite St. and attempted to trap him near a residence. The driver rammed into several cars and escaped down a back alley. The pursuit picked up again, heading into Callahan County.
Police captured the suspect just after 9:00 and had him in custody in Eastland.
Police say the suspect is from Colorado City. He is being held in the Callahan County jail.
