The San Antonio Police Department has identified three suspected car burglars whom officers took into custody on Thursday evening.
Read full article: Dust and a small chance for tropical development in the GulfRead full article: New videos from deadly June 12 floods show how fast water moved, extent of damageBexar County robbery suspect arrested after fleeing out of state while on bond, BCSO says– The San Antonio Police Department has identified three suspected car burglars whom officers took into custody on Thursday evening.
The suspects are Adrian Isaac Hernandez and Oscar Carvajal, who are both 19, and 18-year-old Lincoln Gauge Mertins. SAPD spokesperson Washington Moscoso said Thursday the suspects were caught trying to break into a car Thursday morning on the West Side. Officers also learned that the vehicle burglary call involved the same people from an earlier robbery call that was dispatched around 6 a.m. Thursday, police said. The car’s owner came out to defend their property, but the suspects brandished a weapon, according to police. Officers said the suspects fled, but nearby patrolmen pursued them from an area near Loop 410 and Ingram Road to a home located on Westlyn Drive. SAPD said Mertins was taken into custody near the intersection of Bronco Lane and Spur Drive on Thursday after a short pursuit in a second stolen vehicle. SAPD said Lincoln Gauge Mertins, 18, was taken into custody near the intersection of Bronco Lane and Spur Drive on Thursday after a short pursuit in a second stolen vehicle.theft of property valued between $30,000 and $150,000 Moscoso described the Westlyn Drive home as “a nuisance house” where officers previously recovered stolen property. SAPD also said Thursday its SWAT team set up a perimeter around the home and asked a potential fourth suspect to surrender. In a Friday afternoon statement, however, the department clarified that only three suspects were taken into custody. Hernandez and Carvajal were in the home and were subsequently arrested.Jail records also show that he was wanted on an unrelated evading arrest charge, a third-degree felony, in March 2024. Court records show Hernandez has been remanded without bond on that charge. Carvajal was arrested on an aggravated robbery charge, according to county records. His bond was set at $100,000.In all, authorities said two stolen vehicles and other stolen property were recovered at the home.Nate Kotisso joined KSAT as a digital journalist in 2024. He previously worked as a newspaper reporter in the Rio Grande Valley for more than two years and spent nearly three years as a digital producer at the CBS station in Oklahoma City.
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