LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – On Tuesday, a Lubbock grand jury indicted two individuals concerned in a theft, intentional crash and police chase.
Elias Luna and Jose Rivera have been arrested on Could 6 on varied fees, together with aggravated theft and evading arrest.
Police responded to stories of a theft on the Sutherlands close to fiftieth St and Avenue Q, based on a police report. An worker of the shop tried to cease the 2 males from leaving with the gadgets, however was unsuccessful.
An incoming shopper noticed the incident and tried to assist. The stories stated the particular person tried to cease Luna and Rivera from leaving of their truck along with his personal automobile. The patron instructed police the truck, pushed by Luna, deliberately crashed into the aspect of his sedan to drive away from the shop. He then chased the truck to the realm of forty second Road and Avenue P the place he overpassed it. Whereas on the intersection, the truck returned and crashed head-on into his automotive, based on the report. He was left with minor accidents.
Whereas Luna and Rivera have been driving away, an officer acknowledged their truck and tried to make a site visitors cease. The truck didn’t cease and sped away from the officer, based on the report. Whereas driving south, the truck entered into the northbound lanes of Avenue L to move a automobile stopped at a pink gentle. The truck entered into the intersection on the pink gentle and turned east.
The chase continued to the 1000 block of 54th Road, the place the truck misplaced management, ran up onto a curb and crashed right into a mailbox. Police acknowledged Luna and Rivera instantly jumped out of the automobile and ran away as their automobile got here off the curb and continued to roll down the street.
The officer chased Rivera into the yard of a close-by dwelling after which again throughout the road. Rivera surrendered shortly after and was arrested.
Luna was later present in a store at the back of one other residence on 54th Road. Officer Yako, a Ok-9 unit, assisted within the seize of Luna, based on the report.
Luna was taken to UMC to deal with his accidents. The report didn’t state how he sustained his accidents. Police stated he was transported to the Lubbock County Detention Middle after he was launched from the hospital.
Rivera was charged with the next:
- Aggravated theft
- Evading arrest in a automobile
- Evading arrest
Luna was charged with the next:
- Aggravated theft
- Aggravated assault with a lethal weapon
- Evading arrest in a automobile
- Evading arrest
- Legal trespass
- Leaving the scene of an accident
- Failure to report an accident
- Failure to depart data after an accident
- Unsafe velocity
- No monetary accountability
Luna and Rivera are being held within the Lubbock County Detention Middle on $15,000 bonds.
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