CAR CHASE INVOLVING STOLEN VEHICLE ENDS IN BRENHAM
(Grimes Co. Jail)
Two suspects are charged after a high-speed chase with a stolen vehicle came through Grimes and Washington counties early Tuesday morning.
Shortly after midnight, Navasota police located a stolen Honda in the 700 block of West Virginia Street. Police attempted to stop the vehicle as it drove toward FM 379, but it fled toward Highway 105 West and traveled into Washington County.
The chase ended at the intersection of Highway 105 and Blue Bell Road in Brenham when DPS spiked the vehicle’s tires. The driver, a juvenile from College Station, fled on foot but was quickly captured.
Authorities recovered an assault weapon, along with accessories and ammunition for another firearm.
The driver faces charges of Unlawful Use of a Motor Vehicle, Evading in a Motor Vehicle, Evading on Foot, Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon and Tampering with Evidence.
The passenger, 19-year-old Jaylon Walter of College Station, was charged with Tampering with Evidence.
Assisting Navasota police in the pursuit were DPS, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, the Brenham Police Department and Blinn College Police Department.