DPS Troopers were led on a high-speed pursuit on US-277 in Val Verde County this week by a smuggler driving a Dodge Ram truck. The smuggler, Carlos Lombardich-Villalobos, from Lockhart, drove recklessly through multiple intersections before eventually driving through a ranch fence, crashing into a tree and bailing out. Multiple illegal immigrants also bailed out of the vehicle. With assistance from DPS' Aircraft Operations Division, Troopers located Villalobos and six illegal immigrants. Troopers also discovered that the Dodge Ram was stolen out of Bastrop.
Villalobos was charged with smuggling of persons, criminal mischief, criminal trespass, deadly conduct, evading arrest and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. All six illegal immigrants were referred to Border Patrol. …...more
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