FORT WORTH – A 31-year-old man is in custody after main Fort Price police on a chase, allegedly making an attempt a car-jacking and residential housebreaking and a standoff that concerned a SWAT staff.
Simply after 4 p.m. on Saturday, an officer with the Fort Price Police Division (FWPD) noticed a silver BMW driving erratically within the space of East Freeway Eastbound and Eastchase. When officers tried to drag the BMW over, the motive force collided with different automobiles and fled.
Officers started pursuing the BMW; nonetheless, the chase was ended inside two minutes attributable to heavy site visitors.
A short while later, an aiding Fort Price Police officer noticed the suspect car close to a house on Fielder Rd. close to I-30. O
FPWD established a fringe and looked for the suspect, however decided he fled elsewhere.
Helping within the investigation, the Arlington Police Division (APD) obtained a report of somebody making an attempt to carjack a car throughout the interstate, which led officers to the suspect, who then burglarized a house on Northwood Ct. in Arlington.
FWPD stated the home-owner, who was away through the housebreaking, instructed police the suspect may very well be seen inside the home on the safety cameras.
After a joint effort between APD and FWPD SWAT, the suspect, Daniel Ortiz was arrested with out incident.
Ortiz is charged with evading arrest, and unauthorized use of a motorized vehicle by FWPD, in addition to housebreaking of a habitation and aggravated assault by APD. He additionally faces expenses from the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Workplace, dated March 31, that embody two counts of legal trespass, illegal possession of a weapon by a felon, and theft.
