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Dallas, TX - Domestic Call - Man Assaulted
Girlfriend - Handcuffed Prisoner Steals Dallas Police Car - Police Car Found In
Arlington - Escaped
December 12,
2010
star-telegram.com
A Crime Stoppers tip led
to Monday night's
recovery of a stolen
unmarked Thurston County
sheriff's patrol car in
the parking lot of a
Lacey apartment complex.
A woman who later was
arrested said she and
another person stole the
vehicle after they
discovered it parked,
unlocked, on an Olympia
street, with the keys in
a pocket of a coat in
the car, court papers
state.
The woman, Leah
Moreno, 25, of Tenino,
said she and the
accomplice took a
bulletproof vest and a
zip drive from the car
and planned to strip the
tires and engine, then
set the car afire, court
papers state. The
accomplice is identified
as Daniel Conaty, 22,
who has no fixed
address.
The car was stolen
Nov. 23 in the area of
Eskridge Way and Maringo
Street in Olympia. It
was outside the home of
a captain who works in
corrections with the
Sheriff’s Office.
The car was recovered
at a complex at 1220
East St. S.E. after a
suspect told a deputy
where it was, court
papers state.
The car was
undamaged, Thurston
County Chief Criminal
Deputy James Chamberlain
said Tuesday. It was
missing the emergency
lights off the visor and
the rear license plate,
court papers state.
Moreno and Conaty
were being held Tuesday
night at the Thurston
County Jail on suspicion
of theft of a motor
vehicle. Moreno’s bail
was set at $10,000;
Conaty’s was $5,000.
A deputy found Moreno
at a Tumwater hotel
Monday night after law
enforcement received a
Crime Stoppers tip that
she was involved in the
theft and was there,
Thurston County
sheriff’s Lt. Greg Elwin
said Tuesday.
According to court
papers:
Moreno led deputies
to the stolen car. She
said she and Conaty had
been prowling vehicles
in Olympia when they
came across it, and they
initially left without
stealing it but later
returned.
Deputies found two
other people in Moreno’s
hotel room. They also
found illegal narcotics,
a stolen identification
card and a stolen McLane
Fire Department badge.
The room’s occupants,
who were not arrested,
told deputies that “Leah
and Daniel had stolen
the vehicle and that
they had started
bragging about the theft
around Thanksgiving.”
One of the occupants
added that Conaty was
trying to sell the
bulletproof vest.
Deputies found Conaty
sleeping in a grocery
store parking lot in
Lacey and arrested him.
His father told deputies
he had sold the
bulletproof vest; court
records do not indicate
whether it was
recovered.
Read more:
http://www.theolympian.com/2010/12/01/v-print/1458403/deputies-follow-tip-to-missing.html#ixzz16sFhRod2
A Grand Prairie man in handcuffs turned to the closest getaway vehicle
he could find to escape from authorities Sunday: a Dallas patrol car.
And it worked.
Area police continued their search Monday for the 31-year-old man who
stole the patrol car while in custody in Dallas and then abandoned it in
Arlington.
Dallas police identified the man as James Huffer Jr., who could still
be wearing the handcuffs and might be in Arlington or Grand Prairie,
where he has acquaintances.
At about 4:30 a.m. Sunday, Dallas police responded to a domestic call
in the 4600 block of Cedar Springs Road.
They had received reports that a
man had assaulted his girlfriend.
Once at the apartment complex, officers found Huffer, arrested him
and placed him, handcuffed and alone, in the back seat of a patrol car.
A Dallas police news release indicated that the man was able to move
his arms in front of him, get into the front seat of the car and drive
off as officers stood nearby.
Dallas dispatchers tracked the stolen patrol car as he drove on
Stemmons Freeway, Texas 183 and then onto Texas 360 in east Tarrant
County.
The suspect drove to Arlington, where he abandoned the car about 7
a.m. near Avenue H, according to Dallas police.
Dallas police said that the man fled from them for about 20 minutes
before he left the patrol car in Arlington.
Dallas and Arlington police searched the area around Avenue H in
Arlington, but officers could not find Huffer.
He faces charges of escape, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and
family violence assault, according to Dallas police.
The patrol car was not damaged and nothing was missing from it,
Dallas police said.
Read more:
http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/12/12/2699045/handcuffed-suspect-steals-dallas.html#ixzz180pCgYAg
A Grand Prairie man in handcuffs turned to the closest getaway vehicle
he could find to escape from authorities Sunday: a Dallas patrol car.
And it worked.
Area police continued their search Monday for the 31-year-old man who
stole the patrol car while in custody in Dallas and then abandoned it in
Arlington.
Dallas police identified the man as James Huffer Jr., who could still
be wearing the handcuffs and might be in Arlington or Grand Prairie,
where he has acquaintances.
At about 4:30 a.m. Sunday, Dallas police responded to a domestic call
in the 4600 block of Cedar Springs Road.
They had received reports that a
man had assaulted his girlfriend.
Once at the apartment complex, officers found Huffer, arrested him
and placed him, handcuffed and alone, in the back seat of a patrol car.
A Dallas police news release indicated that the man was able to move
his arms in front of him, get into the front seat of the car and drive
off as officers stood nearby.
Dallas dispatchers tracked the stolen patrol car as he drove on
Stemmons Freeway, Texas 183 and then onto Texas 360 in east Tarrant
County.
The suspect drove to Arlington, where he abandoned the car about 7
a.m. near Avenue H, according to Dallas police.
Dallas police said that the man fled from them for about 20 minutes
before he left the patrol car in Arlington.
Dallas and Arlington police searched the area around Avenue H in
Arlington, but officers could not find Huffer.
He faces charges of escape, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and
family violence assault, according to Dallas police.
The patrol car was not damaged and nothing was missing from it,
Dallas police said.
Read more:
http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/12/12/2699045/handcuffed-suspect-steals-dallas.html#ixzz180pCgYAg
A Grand Prairie man in handcuffs turned to the closest getaway vehicle he
could find to escape from authorities Sunday: a Dallas patrol car.
And it worked.
Area police continued their search Monday for the 31-year-old man who stole the
patrol car while in custody in Dallas and then abandoned it in Arlington.
Dallas police identified the man as James Huffer Jr., who could still be wearing
the handcuffs and might be in Arlington or Grand Prairie, where he has
acquaintances.
At about 4:30 a.m. Sunday, Dallas police responded to a domestic call in the
4600 block of Cedar Springs Road.
They had received reports that a man had assaulted his girlfriend.
Once at the apartment complex, officers found Huffer, arrested him and placed
him, handcuffed and alone, in the back seat of a patrol car.
A Dallas police news release indicated that the man was able to move his arms in
front of him, get into the front seat of the car and drive off as officers stood
nearby.
Dallas dispatchers tracked the stolen patrol car as he drove on Stemmons
Freeway, Texas 183 and then onto Texas 360 in east Tarrant County.
The suspect drove to Arlington, where he abandoned the car about 7 a.m. near
Avenue H, according to Dallas police.
Dallas police said that the man fled from them for about 20 minutes before he
left the patrol car in Arlington.
Dallas and Arlington police searched the area around Avenue H in Arlington, but
officers could not find Huffer.
He faces charges of escape, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and family
violence assault, according to Dallas police.
The patrol car was not damaged and nothing was missing from it, Dallas police
said.
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