A suspect allegedly stole a vehicle and led the Grapevine Police Department on a wild chase, eventually jumping into a lake before officers captured him.
The male suspect is 38 years old and potentially connected to burglaries in Grapevine. He faces charges of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and evading arrest, but “additional charges may follow.”
A woman reported her black Ford Ranger stolen at 9:30 a.m. on June 20. Amanda McNew, Grapevine police media manager, told The Dallas Express the car was stolen from near 100 Wildwood Ct.
A nearby officer saw the car traveling west on Dove Road, according to the Grapevine Police Department’s Facebook post. “The driver refused to stop for police and accelerated towards the lake.”
The suspect crashed near Trawick Pavilion in Oak Grove Park. Then he got out, “jumped a fence and entered the water.”
“Officers tried to reach the man by boat and jet ski, but the water became too shallow for the watercraft,” the department’s post reads. “Police also launched a drone to find the suspect, who had disappeared behind some brush.”
Police were “alerted” to a “suspicious man” near the softball complex. They identified him as the suspect and then arrested him.
Grapevine police received reports of two vehicle burglaries near 200 Peach St. around 7:30 a.m. on June 20, according to McNew. The suspect allegedly stole the vehicle from the same area.
“Evidence at the scene appears to link our suspect from the unauthorized use of a vehicle,” McNew said.
McNew said she “can’t say” if the suspect has a criminal history. She also said his identity can be released after arraignment—which could be June 21, “when Tarrant County picks him up and transports him to Fort Worth.”
An illegal alien from Venezuela allegedly struck and killed a young woman with a jet ski at Oak Grove Park over Memorial Day weekend, as The Dallas Express reported at the time.
Crowds have been gathering at the same park with excessive alcohol for months, as The Dallas Express previously reported. Likely-Venezuelan crowds had been gathering near the baseball fields, where “all the commotion happens.”