SAN ANGELO, Texas — Just before 3 p.m. Thursday, officers with the San Angelo Police Department’s Gang Unit initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle operated by Anthony Gallegos, 27, a suspect with an outstanding parole violation warrant.
Gallegos fled the stop and a short vehicle pursuit ensued through the downtown area.
Officers pursued Gallegos and found his vehicle abandoned in an alley near South Hill Street and West Avenue C. They learned Gallegos forced his way inside a nearby residence. Gallegos was found inside the living room and taken into custody without incident.
The homeowner, who fled the residence after Gallegos forced his way inside, was not injured.
Following Gallegos’s apprehension, officers with the department’s Street Crimes Division executed a search warrant at Gallegos’s residence. The warrant, issued by Justice of the Peace J.P. McGuire, named Gallegos to be in possession of narcotics at a residence in the 300 block of North Harrison Street.
The search resulted in the location and seizure of a quantity of suspected methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana.
At the conclusion of the investigation, Gallegos was charged with first-degree felony manufacture delivery controlled substance Penalty Group 1; evading arrest detention in vehicle; criminal trespass of habitation; and his parole violation.
A second suspect, identified as Kala Knighton, 39, was arrested for third-degree felony possession of controlled substance Penalty Group 1; and two counts of state jail felony possession of controlled substance Penalty Group 1.
The department’s Patrol Division, Gang and K-9 units, Child Protective Services and the Center for Tactical Medicine assisted with Thursday’s warrant operation.
