Houston, Tx
HCSO asks community to help identify kidnapping, robbery suspect
The suspect compelled the sufferer to drive to a retailer so he might withdraw cash from an ATM machine, in accordance with the sheriff’s workplace.
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — The Harris County Sheriff’s Workplace is asking for the neighborhood’s assist to determine a kidnapping suspect.
HCSO stated the 55-year-old sufferer was driving southbound on Freeway 6 simply south of Westpark Tollway when a person in a black Chevrolet truck flagged him down on March 9.
HCSO stated the sufferer pulled right into a parking zone with the suspect, who obtained out of his truck and instructed him there was one thing flawed with one of many sufferer’s tires.
The suspect allegedly grabbed a bag of instruments and tapped on the tire, claiming he fastened it, then demanded a $500 fee. When the sufferer stated he did not have any cash, HCSO stated the suspect grabbed a knife and handgun from his truck and obtained into the sufferer’s car.
In response to HCSO, the suspect made the sufferer drive to a close-by retailer, adopted him to an ATM machine and tried to withdraw cash from the sufferer’s account.
HCSO stated the suspect was seen on surveillance video holding a weapon to the sufferer’s again on the retailer.
When you’ve got any info relating to this incident or the suspect, name the HCSO Violent Crimes Unit at 713-274-9100 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS (8477). Ideas will also be submitted anonymously on-line by means of Crime Stoppers’ web site.