A North Texas man with a long arrest record got away from Lewisville police during a visit to a hospital emergency room.
Thomas Isaac Cano, 27, of the north Dallas suburb of Little Elm, was in
the Lewisville city jail Sunday when he complained of heroin withdrawal
symptoms, said Capt. Dan Rochelle of the Lewisville Police Department.
An officer took Cano to a local emergency room and while the inmate was
waiting to be seen, the officer stepped away to help with a disturbance
involving another patient, Rochelle said.
Taking advantage of the distraction, Cano left the hospital handcuffed
in front and without shoes, the captain said. Cano was last seen wearing
a gray T-shirt, blue jeans and hospital socks.
His most recent arrest was on Saturday afternoon, when Lewisville police
were called to a Walmart parking lot where employees found him slumped
over the steering wheel of his car, Rochelle said.
Because Cano seemed ill, the officer called for paramedics, but Cano put
his car in drive and took off, hitting some pallets of landscaping
materials in the parking lot, Rochelle said.
After a short chase, Cano's car came to a stop but he refused to get
out. Eventually, the officer broke a car window, used a stun gun and
took Cano into custody, Rochelle said.
Source: Houston Chronicle
Title : Texas man who has been arrested 8 times escapes police custody
Description : A North Texas man with a long arrest record got away from Lewisville police during a visit to a hospital emergency room. Thomas Isaac Can...
