One man faces multiple charges, including four felonies, after a reported kidnapping, police chase, and eventual crash in Tarrant County on Friday morning, police say.
The incident started when police received a 911 call from a woman who said she had been held against her will for four days, White Settlement police said.
Police said the woman told them she was able to get out of the man in which she was being held in the parking lot of a Walmart in the 6700 block of Westworth Boulevard.
When officers responded and tried to initiate a traffic stop, the driver of the van took off, leading the officers on a chase down State Highway 183, police said.
Police said the drive ultimately crashed the van into two other vehicles when he ran a red light. The suspect, identified as 52-year-old Reginald Jameson, then fled on foot but was arrested when he tried to scale the fence of a nearby business.
Jameson faces charges of evading arrest and detention in a motor vehicle, evading arrest and detention on foot, failure to stop and render aid, unlawful restraint expose victim to serious bodily injury, assault family violence/household member impeding breath and circulation, and a felony parole violation for substantial battery-intend bodily harm.
Police said he was being held at the Tarrant County Jail.
“I am extremely proud of the heroic actions by our police team, and we are thankful that this woman was able to be rescued by officers safely,” White Settlement Police Chief Christopher Cook said. “This case demonstrates the dangers that exist when officers face violent felons who refuse to give up and flee without any regard to our communities and officers. We are grateful that no innocent people or officers were seriously injured based upon the dangerous driving actions by this offender and that this victim of the kidnapping will be okay. We are also thankful for the outstanding partnership between our city, Westworth Village and Fort Worth.”
One of the people in the vehicles involved in the crash suffered minor injuries, and the woman who made the 911 call was safe with the Westworth Village Police Department.
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