CONVERSE, Texas – Two juveniles were arrested early Tuesday in connection with a string of car burglaries in Converse.
What began overnight with a report of a suspicious person in a vehicle eventually led to two chases, a juvenile being shot with a stun gun and a neighbor accused of aiming a laser pointer at a Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter.
Converse police Lt. John Shook said the Police Department received a call around 2:40 a.m. Tuesday.
John Harrison said he chased the juvenile who had been rummaging around his car in the driveway. He got away, but Converse police eventually chased down both young suspects, ages 12 and 13, in the neighborhood. One of them was on a roof.
“Once the officer was on the roof, he (the youth) tried to run again,” Shook said, until an officer used a stun gun to subdue him on the ground.
Shook also said at least five vehicles in and around the 8700 block of Sleepy Meadow had items taken from them. No windows or locks were broken to get inside the vehicles.
“We believe every vehicle that was entered by these suspects was an unlocked vehicle,” Shook said.
Harrison said he usually locks his vehicle, but not Monday night.
In the midst of the search for the two suspects, Hershall Hutcherson, 43, allegedly used a laser pointer aimed at the Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter that was searching for the boys.
Shook said Hutcherson now faces a class A misdemeanor and is charged with preventing the safe operation of the helicopter.
Shook said both juveniles face several charges of vehicle burglary and evading arrest, so it’s like they’ll get some jail time in juvenile detention. He said one of the boys who already had trouble with the law could have his probation revoked.
He asks that anyone who finds possible stolen items on their property to contact Converse police at 210-658-2322.