CENTER, TX (KTRE) -
Investigators
with the Center Police Department are urging people in the Nacogdoches area to
be on the lookout for a "person of interest" in an ongoing investigation of 14
car burglaries, four car thefts, and two home burglaries.
Marcus
Isaac, 17, of Center, fled from Center PD investigators when they approached
him to bring him in on questioning in regard to the ongoing investigation
earlier this week. Isaac is believed to be armed with a gun that he took from a
car, and an evading arrest/detention warrant has been issued for him.
"He might
have actually been involved in more felonies," Detective Joey Haley of the
Center Police Department said. "We've just had a rash of car burglaries and
thefts, and all in the same general area."
Haley
said Isaac isn't the only person that the Center Police Department is
investigating. He said Isaac runs around with a group of about three or
four young men, and that Isaac has numerous run-ins with the law, including
several juvenile cases.
During
the course of the investigation, Haley and his partner found a wooded area
with numerous trails in and out of it in the part of Center where the
burglaries have been occurring. A search of the wooded area revealed a Mazda
car that had the kind of damage that indicated it had been stolen, Haley said.
Their hunch was right; the car had been stolen from Nacogdoches.
Another
recovered stolen vehicle had been set on fire and burned to its rims, Haley
said. The Center PD detective said the series of crimes started in late
September and have continued through early November.
When
Haley and his partner approached Isaac to bring him in for questioning, Isaac
saw them and immediately began walking in the other direction. Haley said Isaac
kept going after he told him to stop, and his partner started chasing the
17-year-old. Isaac ran from them, jumped an 8-foot fence, and vanished into a
nearby wooded area.
"We
believe that Marcus has family in the Nacogdoches area," Haley said. "He's
never been known to be violent, but we think he stole a gun in one of the car
burglaries because he's been telling his friends about it."
Haley said
anyone with any information about Isaac's whereabouts can contact him at the
Center Police Department's main number, 936-598-2788. They can also call the Center
Crime Stoppers hot line at (936) 598-SAFE (7233) or leave an online tip at
www.centercrimestoppers.com.
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Marcus Isaac (Source: Center Police Department)
