MERTZON, TX — A DPS trooper was witnessed running hot southbound on US 67 just after 4 p.m. Shortly thereafter, we received unconfirmed reports that a Irion County Sheriff's Deputy had "shot someone."
A San Angelo City Marshal arrested Luis Daniel Esparza, 40, on a Grand Jury Indictment Warrant for Burglary of a Building (FS), Failure to Spay/Neuter, and FTA X1.
SAN ANGELO, TX — According to Joe Cuevas of San Angelo, “The craziest thing happened to me today…” He wasn’t kidding. The fugitive ditched the black 2014 Ford Mustang he stole from the Odessa homeowner he murdered. The location of the ditching was about 1/2-mile from his job site in Irion County. Cuevas works for a piping and fencing company who and was apparently working on a fence line near Mertzon when the fugitive appeared seemingly out of no where and stole his Tahoe at gunpoint.
ODESSA, TX — A manhunt was underway Monday afternoon in Odessa for a suspect who shot and killed a homeowner before stealing the dead homeowner’s vehicle from his driveway. That suspect is now reported to be headed for San Angelo.
A routine traffic stop early Saturday by the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office resulted in a drug arrest after deputies discovered methamphetamine and marijuana in a vehicle.