Early Police attempted to make a traffic stop on a vehicle which led to the arrest of one on charges of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and evading arrest, according to EPD Chief David Mercer.

According to the report, on Early PD officer attempted the stop on a gray 2014 Toyota Venza for speeding on Lucas Drive.  When the officer initiated a traffic stop, the vehicle sped up in an attempt to elude the officer, Mercer stated.  The vehicle went through several residential neighborhoods before parking behind a house on Yucca Tree Drive, according to Mercer’s report.

The officer pulled in behind the vehicle and learned the driver had made his way under the house, according to the report. The driver of the vehicle, identified as 29-year-old Jeffery Dewayne Whitehead of Early, did not live at the residence but did know the occupants, Mercer said. Other officers arrived from Early Police Department and Brown County Sheriff’s Office and began removing the siding at different spots around the house so that they could see Whitehead, Mercer reported.   Whitehead then surrendered and came out from under the house, according to the report.  He was taken into custody and charged with evading arrest in a vehicle.

The vehicle had Idaho license plates and after further investigation it was learned the vehicle had been reported stolen that morning to Casper Police Department in Wyoming but had not been entered as a stolen vehicle at that time, Mercer explained.   Whitehead was then additionally charged with unauthorized use of motor vehicle.

 

In other unrelated law enforcement arrests and reports released Wednesday, April 22, 2015:

Tuesday, April 14

*2:53 PM – Brownwood Police drove to the 3300 block of Stephen F. Austin to serve a municipal warrant.  This call led to the investigation of a subject for failure to register as a sex offender.

Monday, April 20

*5:00 PM – Brownwood Police were dispatched to the 1800 block of 6th Street regarding the burglary of a habitation.

*5:02 PM – Brownwood Police were called to the 3300 block of Stephen F. Austin regarding theft.  According to the report, heating and cooling window units were stolen from a residence in the area.  An investigation is ongoing.

Tuesday, April 21

*Texas Department of Public Safety arrested 24-year-old Maxwell Appley of Lafayette, Louisiana for possession of a controlled substance penalty group 2 equal or greater than 4 grams less than 400 grams.

*Brown County Sheriff’s Office arrested 36-year-old Mary Nicole Culp of Brownwood on a warrant related to injury of an elderly person.  Culp was being held in the Brown County Jail in lieu of $30,000 bond as of Wednesday morning.

*Brownwood Police arrested 34-year-old Codi Jacque Fuller of Brownwood on a warrant related to manufacture delivery of a controlled substance not in penalty group in a drug free zone.  Fuller was being held in the Brown County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bond as of Wednesday morning.

*30-year-old Guan Garcia III of Brownwood turned himself in on a warrant related to harassment.

*Brownwood Police arrested 26-year-old Daniel Ray Lewis of Brownwood on a warrant related to continuous violence against family and on a parole violation.

Wednesday, April 22

*Brownwood Police arrested 21-year-old Dequon Cole of Brownwood on a warrant related to theft of property equal or greater than $50 less than $500.

*Brownwood Police arrested 44-year-old Jennifer Darlene Jolly of Brownwood on a warrant related to manufacture delivery of a controlled substance not in a penalty group in a drug free zone.

All arrestees are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Blotter information compiled from local law enforcement reports and jail records.