Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek reported on the morning of June 10 around 8:10 a.m., the Fayette County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call reporting property damage on Gebert Road. near Schulze Road.
Deputy Terry Guentert was en route to the location when dispatch advised of a second call reporting a suspicious vehicle on Salem Freyburg Road, which Guentert arrived first at and located a Ford Fusion passenger car that was unoccupied.
Guentert observed a male in dark clothing running in the pasture, and a citizen reported another male hiding in the tall grass. Guentert contacted the male subject hiding in the grass and detained him after a conversation.
Dispatch advised other deputy units that they received another call from a female regarding a stolen white van from Kenmar Services in Schulenburg. Drug Interdiction Investigator David Smith located the reported stolen white van abandoned on Salem Freyburg Road. When dispatched advised of a burglary at a residence on Gebert Road, where multiple guns were taken.
The Department of Public Safety, Schulenburg P.D., Flatonia P.D., EMS, and sheriff’s deputies, responded. A four-mile radius of where the second subject was seen running was set and a drone was used to search the area.
Later in the afternoon, dispatch received a call of a suspicious person walking on Salem Freyburg Road, when Smith arrived and confronted the male subject in dark clothing riding a bicycle that had been reported stolen.
The male subject left the bicycle and fled on foot into a pasture and Smith pur sued the suspect. Sgt. Randy Thumann and his canine "Kolt" and Sgt. Mark Zimmerman arrived and assisted in taking the male subject in custody.
Arrested and transported to the Dan R. Beck Justice Center in La Grange was Roberto Luna, 39, and Cody Powell, 31, both of Hallettsville. Luna was charged with Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle and Unlawful Carrying a Weapon. Powell was charged with Evading Arrest and Possession of Stolen Property. Charges are pending on the Burglary of Habitation on both subjects.
All the weapons reported stolen were recovered.
