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San Angelo Police arrested a 33-year-old Wanted Suspect after a brief foot chase that began in the parking lot behind West Texas Medical Associates, 3501 Knickerbocker Road yesterday evening.
Just after 7:00 p.m., Officers received a broadcast message about a Wanted Subject at the facility. Officer A. Nandin arrived and recognized the subject, Tarren Watson (DOB 09/29/82) of San Angelo, standing amongst a group of people in the parking lot. Officer Nandin exited his patrol car and attempted to make contact with Watson but Watson ran away. A second Officer who responded to assist, C. Gonzales, observed Watson flee and gave chase. Officer Gonzales pursued Watson and gave several verbal commands to stop but Watson disregarded the commands and continued to run. Officer Gonzales caught Watson about 80 yards from where the pursuit began. Watson actively resisted until Officers Gonzales and Nandin secured him in handcuffs.
During a search of Watson, Officers located an electronic scale and a glass pipe commonly used to ingest illicit drugs. Watson was issued a citation for Drug Paraphernalia and arrested for two outstanding City Warrants, two Midland County Warrants, Two Tom Green County Warrants, and Felony Enhanced Evading. Watson was transported to the Tom Green County Jail without incident.
Officers cannot speculate about why Watson was at the medical facility but are certain he may have felt a little run down after the chase.
San Angelo? National Night Out 2015 will be celebrated on October 6 in most Texas cities. Most of the Country celebrated in August, which was a bit too warm for us West Texans!
National Night Out is a great opportunity for communities nationwide to promote police-community partnerships, crime prevention, and neighborhood camaraderie. While the one night is certainly not an answer to crime, drugs and violence, National Night Out represents the kind of spirit, energy and determination to help make neighborhoods a safer place year round. NNO is about networking and connecting with like-minded people who all want the same thing, to ensure his or her community is a safe place to live and play. There is no better way to do this than to get to know some of the people who live around you.
Sir Robert Peel, considered to be the father of modern policing once said, ?Police, at all times, should maintain a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent upon every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.?
In other words, Peel was saying we are all responsible for the policing of our community. So how can you become a police-community partner? One way is by getting to know your neighbors and watching over their property. By them doing the same for you, and by keeping our possessions locked up, we are all doing a form of police work and keeping our neighborhoods a little more crime free.
The San Angelo Police Department invites you to partner with us by attending one of the many events scheduled throughout the city. Join us and send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.
Please join us at of these locations on Tuesday, October 6:
Wesley Trinity United Methodist- 18th/MLK, 5:30-8:00pm
Bethel Assembly of God- 1902 Childress, 6:00? 8:00pm
Solid Rock Church- 1305 Koberlin, 6:00- 8:00pm
Goodfellow Family Housing- 2025 Longhorn Drive, 5:30-7:30pm
Bent Tree Apartments- 1625 Sunset Drive, 6:00-8:00pm
Angelo Skate and Fun Center- 34 Buick St., 5:00-8:00pm
Wall Brethren Church- 7921 Loop 570, Wall, TX, 4:30-7:30pm
For more information contact: Officer Zach Upton @ 325.657.4332
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Yesterday, October 4, 2015, at 9:07 am, San Angelo Police responded to a call at the Comfort Suites, 4450 Houston Harte, about gunshots being fired in room 108. When Police arrived, they observed bullet holes in the door of room 108. It was unknown how many people were in the room or if anyone was injured. The hotel was evacuated and a perimeter established around the room.
Officers attempted to make contact with anyone in the room by phone, but they were not successful. The San Angelo Police SWAT Team and Crisis Negotiation Team were contacted and responded to the hotel. While these teams were arriving on scene, Officers in the hallway near room 108 could hear a male subject talking inside. Officers started to give the male subject commands to exit the room unarmed. The male subject complied with the orders and was taken into custody without incident. The male subject as identified as 47 year old Mateo Flores. There was no one else in the room with Flores.
Flores has been charged with Deadly Conduct. It was also learned, Flores is a convicted felon. He was also charged with Felon in Possession of a Firearm. Other charges against Flores are possible pending further investigation. Detective Jeremy Cannady is the lead investigator for this case.
At 10:52 pm last night, September 29, 2015, Officer C Barker attempted to make a traffic stop on a white 1997 Ford Taurus for failing to signal in the 1600 block of Beacon Street. When Officer C Barker activated his emergency lights at the intersection of La Follette Street and Bell Street, the vehicle accelerated and actively evaded from the traffic stop.
The vehicle pursuit went west from this location until the driver lost control of the vehicle at 7th and Chadbourne and crashed. Two males and one female exited the vehicle. The driver, 30 year old Jonathan Escobedo, and the female passenger, 30 year old Christina Dumaran-Alvarez, were taken into custody. Escobedo and Dumaran-Alvarez were transported to Shannon Hospital where they were treated for minor injuries and released.
The male passenger fled the scene on foot. A perimeter was quickly established in the area. K9 units responded to assist in locating the male subject. K9 Sgt C Cimino deployed Police Service Dog Vader. PSD Vader was able to successfully track the male subject to the 900 block of MLK where he was taken into custody. The male subject was identified as 43 year old Ruben Ortiz.
All three subjects were arrested and transported to the Tom Green County Jail. Escobedo was charged with Evading in a Motor Vehicle. Ortiz was charged with Evading on Foot and an outstanding County Warrant for Theft. Dumaran-Alvarez was arrested for a Parole Violation Warrant.
During the investigation a handgun was located on the ground near the suspect vehicle. The gun was seized as part of the investigation.
Detective Matt Hawthorne is the lead detective for this incident. Further charges may be forth coming pending further investigation. There is no other information available for release at this time.
Two San Angelo Children who were reported missing Friday evening were located thanks to Nixle and an alert driver.
San Angelo Police issued a Nixle Alert for the missing girls, ages 5 and 10, at about 5:30 p.m. September 25 after they were reported missing from the 2000 block of N. Parkway. About 15 minutes later, a 32-year-old San Angelo woman who had just learned of the alert, noticed the girls walking in the area of N. Bishop and Guadalupe Streets. The citizen then called police and stayed with the girls until Officers responded. The girls were unharmed and later reunited with family members.
Before the girls were located, police conducted a door-to-door search of the surrounding area and nearby playground. Several neighbors and other citizens who received the Nixle alert are also credited in assisting with the search efforts.
San Angelo Police have located several missing persons over the past few years with the assistance of citizens who subscribe to Nixle.
To register to receive free public safety alert messages from the San Angelo Police Department and other local agencies, visit https://local.nixle.com/register/. Registering online allows subscribers to customize their account by enabling text alerts, areas of interest, and specifying the types of alerts to receive. Data rates may apply and certain cell phone carriers may not participate. If your cell phone carrier is not supported, contact them and share this success story.
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