Press Releases
December 25, 2020 — Jimmy Bradford, the 74-year-old man who was reported missing from a Daybreak group home located in the 5800 block of Davenport Drive on Christmas Eve, was located following a bizarre vehicle chase with the group home’s employee early this morning.
The San Angelo Police Department issued a Nixle Alert around 12:00 a.m. for Bradford, who went missing from the home around 4:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve. Also missing from the home was staff member Terrance Harris, 37, along with the company’s van, a 2018 Kia Sedona.
Several hours after the alert was issued, officers located the Kia Sedona traveling on Arden Road. A traffic stop was initiated; however, the vehicle’s driver refused to stop and a lengthy slow-speed pursuit ensued. During the pursuit, the driver, later identified as Harris, crashed into several private fences and nearly ran over two patrol officers before crashing out near the intersection of 19th and Magdalen.
Harris was taken into custody without further incident. Bradford was located inside uninjured.
Harris was arrested for Evading Arrest Detention with Vehicle and Criminal Mischief. Additional charges may be pending the outcome of this ongoing Investigation.
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December 25, 2020 — A San Angelo man was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated after he collided with a marked police vehicle that was parked and occupied by a patrolman near 19th Street and Magdalen early this morning.
The incident occurred as officers were investigating an unrelated incident. The suspect, 42-year-old Rogelio Gaspar, was taken into custody within a few block of the crash. The patrol vehicle sustained minor damage and the officer was not injured.
Gaspar was booked into the Tom Green County Jail and was later released after posting bond.
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Person of Interest Apprehended and Charged with Murder
December 15, 2020 — On December 15, 2020 San Angelo Police Department Detectives working with the Texas Rangers, members of the USMS Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, and officers with the Odessa Police Department CID/SWAT executed a search warrant at a residence in Odessa Texas. Investigators had probable cause that Wendy McCluskey, who was wanted for Tampering with Evidence out of Howard County, was inside this location.
McCluskey was a person of interest in the murder of Juan Quintana in San Angelo on October 24, 2020. McCluskey was located and arrested during the search warrant along with items of evidentiary value.
On Thursday, December 18, 2020, Detectives obtained a warrant for Wendy McCluskey for Murder and the warrant was added to her charges in Ector County. This investigation is ongoing and additional details will be released when they become available.
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December 10, 2020 — Investigators with the San Angelo Police Department’s Traffic Unit are investigating a pedestrian-fatality crash in the 4000 block of the West Houston Harte Expressway Frontage Road near Woodspring Suites.
Police were initially dispatched to the area just before 5:30 a.m. for the report of a welfare concern after a passerby spotted a body lying in the roadway. Soon after, San Angelo Public Safety Communications received an additional call from the involved vehicle’s driver.
The preliminary crash investigation revealed the pedestrian, a transient man later identified as 31-year-old John Hartman of Hawley, Texas, was walking in the roadway when he was struck by a Nissan Maxima that was traveling eastbound on the frontage road. The vehicle’s driver, a 30-year-old San Angelo woman, was not injured.
Hartman was formally pronounced deceased at the scene by Justice of the Peace Fred Buck.
Traffic was diverted from the area for several hours.
There is no additional information available for release at this time.
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