The office of District Attorney Micheal Murray issued the following press release Tuesday afternoon:

District Attorney Micheal Murray reported that on Tuesday, Oct. 20, Alex Lopez Jr. was convicted in Brown County of Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Deliver, Evading Arrest, Aggravated Assault on a Public Servant, and Felon in Possession of a Firearm.

Assistant District Attorney Alex Hunn presented evidence to the jury on Tuesday. Following testimony from Deputy Kaleb Hopson, Lopez changed his plea to a plea of guilty in each case and was sentenced by agreement to 30 years incarceration in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Deputy Hopson’s testimony, as well as in-car and body-worn video footage, showed that Brown County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Carlyle Gover received a confidential tip that Lopez would be transporting drugs in Brownwood on Aug. 29, 2019. Deputy Hopson detained Lopez in his vehicle, and after determining that Lopez did not have a valid driver’s license, asked Lopez to exit his vehicle. While Hopson attempted to remove Lopez from the vehicle, Lopez put the car in drive and drove away, knocking the deputy to the ground.

Following a 15-minute car chase, Lopez lost control of the the vehicle and began to flee on foot before being chased down and arrested by Deputy Hopson. Following the arrest, deputies located nearly half a pound of methamphetamine and two handguns, as well as plastic baggies, a scale and a meth pipe.

Lopez was sentenced as a habitual offender based on prior convictions for Attempted Aggravated Robbery and Felon in Possession of a Firearm.