SAN ANGELO, Texas — A San Angelo man faces felony charges, accused of crashing his vehicle into a pickup driven by his ex-girlfriend and then forcibly taking her away and leaving her child in the pickup.
Nathan Kyle Burnett, 30, was in custody Wednesday with bail set at $130,000.
Witnesses told police they saw a man pull a woman from the crashed pickup by her hair, force her into his car and drive away, according to a San Angelo Police Department news release.
The crash was reported about 4:20 p.m. Friday.
Several unmarked police vehicles responded to an area north of Foster Communications Coliseum where the man was last seen, police said.
Burnett was found soon afterward and arrested on the north side of Paraiso Bar on Old Ballinger Highway and Covington Road on suspicion of aggravated kidnapping and endangering a child, police said.
Perla Martinez, the woman taken from the crash scene, was found unharmed in Burnett’s car. Police said Martinez’s child was left in her pickup at the crash site.
Burnett and Martinez were taken to the police station for questioning.
Items thought to have been stolen in a burglary earlier in the day were found in the trunk of Burnett’s car, police said.
In an interview with Burnett, police said they determined he had used a stolen debit card to withdraw $1,000 from a victim’s bank account after the burglary. More stolen property was found in a Dumpster behind Crockett National Bank.
A burglary of habitation charge against Burnett is pending, police Lt. Mike Hernandez said.
“This thing could have gone south,” he said Wednesday. “When officers found out what the call was, they hit the street.”
Burnett’s bail was set at $100,000 on the kidnapping charge and $30,000 on the child endangerment charge.
Aggravated kidnapping is a first-degree felony punishable by five years to life in prison and a fine up to $10,000.
Abandoning or endangering a child under circumstances that a reasonable person would believe would place the child in imminent danger of death, bodily injury or physical or mental impairment is a second-degree felony, punishable by two to 20 years in prison and a fine up to $10,000.
Nathan Kyle Burnett, 30, was in custody Wednesday with bail set at $130,000.
Witnesses told police they saw a man pull a woman from the crashed pickup by her hair, force her into his car and drive away, according to a San Angelo Police Department news release.
The crash was reported about 4:20 p.m. Friday.
Several unmarked police vehicles responded to an area north of Foster Communications Coliseum where the man was last seen, police said.
Burnett was found soon afterward and arrested on the north side of Paraiso Bar on Old Ballinger Highway and Covington Road on suspicion of aggravated kidnapping and endangering a child, police said.
Perla Martinez, the woman taken from the crash scene, was found unharmed in Burnett’s car. Police said Martinez’s child was left in her pickup at the crash site.
Burnett and Martinez were taken to the police station for questioning.
Items thought to have been stolen in a burglary earlier in the day were found in the trunk of Burnett’s car, police said.
In an interview with Burnett, police said they determined he had used a stolen debit card to withdraw $1,000 from a victim’s bank account after the burglary. More stolen property was found in a Dumpster behind Crockett National Bank.
A burglary of habitation charge against Burnett is pending, police Lt. Mike Hernandez said.
“This thing could have gone south,” he said Wednesday. “When officers found out what the call was, they hit the street.”
Burnett’s bail was set at $100,000 on the kidnapping charge and $30,000 on the child endangerment charge.
Aggravated kidnapping is a first-degree felony punishable by five years to life in prison and a fine up to $10,000.
Abandoning or endangering a child under circumstances that a reasonable person would believe would place the child in imminent danger of death, bodily injury or physical or mental impairment is a second-degree felony, punishable by two to 20 years in prison and a fine up to $10,000.
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