Chambers CO started the pursuit and ended in the 5200 block of Wallisville with lengthy search efforts

Sheriff Brian Hawthorne reports that, on December 29, 2020, at approximately 2:25 a.m., the Chambers County Sheriff’s Office Business and Residential Neighborhood Task Force (TF BURN) was patrolling in the 9500 block of N. Hwy 146 when a 2019 Polaris Ranger 1000 All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) occupied by three subjects was observed operating on a public roadway.  Deputies attempted to initiate a traffic stop but the vehicle refused to stop and fled from deputies.  The pursuit of the ATV led deputies into Harris County where the subjects abandoned the ATV in the 5200 block of East Wallisville Road and fled on foot, as deputies and officers with Baytown Police Department pursued.  During the foot chase, one of the subjects discharged a firearm at pursuing deputies and officers.  Multiple resources to include Houston Police Departments Air Support, a drone and multiple K9’s attempted to locate the subjects but were unsuccessful.  The ATV’s owner was notified and arrangements have been made for him to recover the vehicle. 

On December 30, 2020, at approximately 1:18 p.m., Chambers County Sheriff’s Office Detective Dickens was conducting a follow up investigation in the 5200 block of the Highlands Ranch Subdivision located in Baytown, attempting to obtain video surveillance footage of the subjects.  While checking the area Deputy Dickens observed a person exit from behind one of the residences, matching the description of one of the suspects. The subject had dropped his cell phone and had returned to retrieve it, at the same time Deputy Dickens was checking the area.   As Deputy Dickens attempted to speak with the suspect, he again fled from deputies.  After an extensive search that included DPS Aircraft Operations, DPS Troopers, Parks and Wildlife, Baytown PD, Harris County Precinct 3, and the Chambers County Sheriff’s Office, the subject was finally apprehended. 

Information obtained on scene positively identified Terrance Jarrell Alexander, 20, of Austin, Texas, as the person that discharged a firearm at law enforcement officers and also led to the identification of additional suspects involved in this incident.  These suspects are also being investigated for numerous other ATV thefts throughout Harris, Liberty, and Chambers Counties.  

 

Terrance Jarrell Alexander was arrested and booked into the Chambers County jail for the below-listed offenses:

 

EVADING ARREST DET W/VEH SJF $25,000 BOND

THEFT PROP >=$2,500<$30K SJF $25,000 BOND   

AGG ASSAULT AGAINST PUBLIC SERVANT 1ST DEGREE FELONY $250,000 BOND   

 

Sheriff Hawthorne created TF BURN to add additional deputies patrolling business and residential neighborhoods in hopes of reducing crime during the holiday months.  

“I am extremely proud of the deputies that have worked TF BURN, as well as the detectives of the Criminal Investigations Division for their due diligence in exhausting all measures to solve this and other crimes in Chambers County”, said Sheriff Hawthorne.

 

BPD STATEMENT: Regarding the overnight pursuit, it looks like we had about 3 of our units assisting. No officers were injured from the gunshots.