WINCHESTER — Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek reported that on Sept. 18 at approximately 1:50 p.m., Deputy Jared Michalec was dispatched to a residence on Zilss Road in the Winchester area regarding a subject breaking windows on a residence that he had previously been criminally trespassed from. The suspect reportedly left the residence before the deputy arrived. The Fayette County Undercover Narcotics Unit and Sergeant Investigator Angela Lala arrived in the area to assist and later located the suspected vehicle traveling on Farm-to-Market Road 448 toward Lee County. Investigators followed the vehicle, and the Lee County Sheriff’s Office was notified.
Upon arrival in Lee County, Texas DPS Troopers attempted to stop the suspected vehicle, which then evaded officers and refused to stop. The Lee County Sher- iff's Office and Giddings Police Department also joined the pursuit.
A Lee County Investigator successfully spiked the suspected vehicle and then again by a Gid- dings Police Officer. The vehi cle soon came to rest in the ditch area near the railroad tracks just south of Giddings. The suspect fled the vehicle but was quick ly apprehended by Lee County Sheriff Garrett Durrenberger, Trooper James McCoy and other responding units.
The suspect, Michael Sanders, 41, of Giddings, was taken into custody by Texas DPS Troopers for Evading Arrest. The Fayette County Sheriff's Office will seek warrants on Sanders for the misdemeanor charges that occurred in Fayette County.
