Traffic stop on I-10 near Flatonia leads to pursuit, suspects discarding rifles

By News Staff on Tuesday, July 28, 2020
  • Two AR-15 rifles were thrown from a vehicle into a field in the Flatonia area during the pursuit, with two suspects subsequently being arrested.
    Two AR-15 rifles were thrown from a vehicle into a field in the Flatonia area during the pursuit, with two suspects subsequently being arrested.
Two Laredo men were arrested on multiple charges following a pursuit that ensued after a traffic stop on Interstate 10 just east of Flatonia on Wednesday, July 22, according to Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek. Sheriff Korenek reports that around 10 a.m., Drug Interdiction Investigator David Smith stopped a 2020 Kia traveling westbound on I-10 near the 663 mile marker for a traffic violation…

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