A 25-year-old Texas Department of Criminal Justice correctional officer
was charged with evading arrest with a motor vehicle Friday afternoon
when he allegedly fled authorities after failing to stop for a school
bus dropping off school children.
David Ekwejunor, 25, who listed a Dallas address, was arrested by
Anderson County Precinct 2 Constable Doug Lightfoot around 3:30 p.m.
Friday on U.S. 287, north of Palestine.
Ekwejunor, a correctional officer at the TDCJ’s Coffield Unit in
Tennessee Colony, was charged with evading arrest/detention with a motor
vehicle and a handful of other violations, including failing to stop
for a school bus with lights flashing, according to Lightfoot.
Lightfoot was patrolling on U.S. 287 between FM 645 and FM 321 around
3:30 p.m. Friday when he observed a Saturn SUV traveling southbound on
U.S. 287 fail to stop for a school bus which had its red lights flashing
and was letting school children out in the northbound lane of traffic.
“I observed the violation and attempted to stop the driver,” Lightfoot told the Herald-Press.
The constable said he had his overhead lights activated and also
utilized his vehicle’s siren, but the SUV’s driver ignored his attempts
to get him to stop.
Lightfoot then notified the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office of the situation.
“They got three sheriff’s office units and two DPS (Texas Department of
Public Safety) units to meet the vehicle,” Lightfoot said.
DPS Trooper Chad Sparkman placed “spike strips” across U.S. 287 in the
immediate area of Lone Pine Baptist Church, the constable added.
“The driver did not stop at that time and proceeded through the spike
strips,” Lightfoot said. “After he hit the spikes, his tires deflated
almost immediately and he stopped.”
Ekwejunor, who was the vehicle’s lone occupant, was then arrested by
Lightfoot and transported to the Anderson County Jail where he was
booked into the facility.
No contraband was found in the suspect’s vehicle, according to the constable.
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
Former Officer Clovis Lovelace Faces Several Charges
PADUCAH, KY
A former Paducah police officer was arrested on several charges.
Clovis L. Lovelace, 63, a retired Paducah police officer, was arrested at his home on the 1400 block of Reed Avenue.
Lovelace was arrested on charges of first-degree stalking, first-degree criminal mischief, first-degree possession of a controlled substance (cocaine), first-degree possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana, second-degree fleeing or evading police and resisting arrest.
Police received a report from Paul Bell that someone had shot out two windows and three tires on his pickup truck parked on North 11th Street sometime Monday night or Tuesday morning.
An investigation by Det. Mike Wentworth of the Paducah Police Department identified Lovelace as a suspect.
Det. Joe Hayes with the Paducah Police Department watched Lovelaces's home while search warrants were being obtained.
According to authorities, Lovelace confronted Det. Hayes and left the home in his vehicle when police attempted to arrest him.
Police say Lovelace later drove back to his home and was then arrested by police.
Police found more than 15 guns, one of which is believed to be the gun used to shoot Bell's vehicle as well as drugs and drug paraphernalia in Lovelace's home.
Clovis L. Lovelace was booked into the McCracken County Regional Jail.
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A former Paducah police officer was arrested on several charges.
Clovis L. Lovelace, 63, a retired Paducah police officer, was arrested at his home on the 1400 block of Reed Avenue.
Lovelace was arrested on charges of first-degree stalking, first-degree criminal mischief, first-degree possession of a controlled substance (cocaine), first-degree possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana, second-degree fleeing or evading police and resisting arrest.
Police received a report from Paul Bell that someone had shot out two windows and three tires on his pickup truck parked on North 11th Street sometime Monday night or Tuesday morning.
An investigation by Det. Mike Wentworth of the Paducah Police Department identified Lovelace as a suspect.
Det. Joe Hayes with the Paducah Police Department watched Lovelaces's home while search warrants were being obtained.
According to authorities, Lovelace confronted Det. Hayes and left the home in his vehicle when police attempted to arrest him.
Police say Lovelace later drove back to his home and was then arrested by police.
Police found more than 15 guns, one of which is believed to be the gun used to shoot Bell's vehicle as well as drugs and drug paraphernalia in Lovelace's home.
Clovis L. Lovelace was booked into the McCracken County Regional Jail.
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Thursday, October 09, 2008
Jury Declines to Indict Judge Charged with Evading
HOUSTON
A Harris County grand jury declined Thursday to indict a Houston municipal court judge who had been charged with evading arrest in a motor vehicle, a felony, after deputies said she interfered with the questioning of her two sons during an arrest, then sped away after an officer asked her to stop.
After hearing from several witnesses, the grand jury chose not to indict April Jill Walker, a part-time associate judge who also teaches law at Texas Southern University.
Walker's arrest in July was her second this year. She has filed a lawsuit against the Harris County Sheriff's Office in connection with an earlier arrest in January.
Walker and her attorney, Lloyd Kelley, claimed the deputies targeted her in retaliation for a formal complaint she made against the two who arrested her in January. In that incident, Walker was arrested after calling 911 because of suspicious activity in her neighborhood.
She was charged with impersonating a public official after identifying herself as a judge. The charges were dropped at her initial court appearance when officials determined she was, in fact, a judge.
The Harris County District Attorney's office does not plan to pursue the charges any further, spokeswoman Donna Hawkins said in a story in the Houston Chronicle.
"It takes pretty extraordinary circumstances to assemble another grand jury," Hawkins said. "It's not anticipated."
The July incident began when deputies were called to a house in northwest Harris County and detained Walker's two teenage sons, who were eventually charged with trespassing and possession of marijuana. Deputies said Walker heard about the incident, came to the scene and attempted to speak to the teenagers in the back of the patrol car.
Deputies said they told Walker she was at the scene of an active investigation and could talk with her sons later. They said she eventually left but did not follow a deputy's request to stop her car. A deputy followed her and after a confrontation in her driveway, Walker resisted before being arrested.
She said she did not speed when leaving the scene and that she did nothing to deserve arrest.
A Harris County grand jury declined Thursday to indict a Houston municipal court judge who had been charged with evading arrest in a motor vehicle, a felony, after deputies said she interfered with the questioning of her two sons during an arrest, then sped away after an officer asked her to stop.
After hearing from several witnesses, the grand jury chose not to indict April Jill Walker, a part-time associate judge who also teaches law at Texas Southern University.
Walker's arrest in July was her second this year. She has filed a lawsuit against the Harris County Sheriff's Office in connection with an earlier arrest in January.
Walker and her attorney, Lloyd Kelley, claimed the deputies targeted her in retaliation for a formal complaint she made against the two who arrested her in January. In that incident, Walker was arrested after calling 911 because of suspicious activity in her neighborhood.
She was charged with impersonating a public official after identifying herself as a judge. The charges were dropped at her initial court appearance when officials determined she was, in fact, a judge.
The Harris County District Attorney's office does not plan to pursue the charges any further, spokeswoman Donna Hawkins said in a story in the Houston Chronicle.
"It takes pretty extraordinary circumstances to assemble another grand jury," Hawkins said. "It's not anticipated."
The July incident began when deputies were called to a house in northwest Harris County and detained Walker's two teenage sons, who were eventually charged with trespassing and possession of marijuana. Deputies said Walker heard about the incident, came to the scene and attempted to speak to the teenagers in the back of the patrol car.
Deputies said they told Walker she was at the scene of an active investigation and could talk with her sons later. They said she eventually left but did not follow a deputy's request to stop her car. A deputy followed her and after a confrontation in her driveway, Walker resisted before being arrested.
She said she did not speed when leaving the scene and that she did nothing to deserve arrest.
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