LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) -
After he was released from the Lufkin
hospital where he was treated for injuries he received in an altercation
Thursday afternoon, the man accused of biting a witness who tried to stop him
from stealing an electronic tablet was arrested on a felony burglary charge.
Jose Buenrostro, 20, is still
being held in the Angelina County Jail on a burglary of a habitation charge.
His bond has been set at $75,000.
He was taken into custody late Thursday
for an arrest warrant issued in connection to a burglary that allegedly
occurred in the 1100 block of Moss Drive at about 2 a.m. Monday. Buenrostro
allegedly forced entry into the residence of a past female acquaintance,
according to Detective J.B. Smith, a spokesman for the Lufkin Police
Department.
Earlier Thursday, Buenrostro got
into a fight with Marco Antonio Marines, 31, on East Kerr Avenue. At some point
in the scuffle, Marines struck Buenrostro repeatedly with a stick, causing
cuts, scrapes, and bruises to Buenrostro's head, arm, and shoulder. After
getting struck several times, Buenrostro fled into the garage of a nearby
residence.
Later, an unidentified witness spotted
Marines' vehicle on Ellis Avenue, and an LPD officer spotted Marines walking
down the same street. When the officer stopped, Marines approached him and
admitted that he had just been in a disturbance in the area of East Kerr
Avenue.
Smith said that Marines told
Lufkin Police officers that he had been driving through the Kerr Avenue area
when he saw Buenrostro outside of a residence. He then stopped to confront him
about another crime that he believed Buenrostro had committed.
Marines was taken into custody
for questioning and was later arrested on a felony charge of aggravated assault
with a deadly weapon. He is still being held in the Angelina County Jail, and
no bond has been set at this time.
Buenrostro was arrested on Tuesday after he tried to steal a Samsung tablet
from a man who was getting a refill at a Lufkin McDonald's on the 1100 block of
South Timberland Drive.
Witnesses tried to stop Buenrostro, but he bit one of
them before he was arrested.
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Jose Buenrostro (Source: Angelina County Jail)
Marco Marines (Source: Angelina County Jail)
