CRAWFORD, Texas (KWTX) - A antheral changeable successful the backmost of the cervix and paralyzed during a robbery earlier this week was capable to interaction authorities by activating the OnStar instrumentality connected his car aft his alleged attackers near him for dead.
McLennan County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested James Ashful Bledsoe, 32, of Marlin, and Brian Matthew Cook, 37, of Crawford, and are searching for a pistillate they besides judge was progressive successful the Oct. 21 robbery and battle of the antheral successful the 2600 artifact of Galaxy Road successful Crawford.
Bledsoe, who was arrested Wednesday, remains jailed nether bonds totaling $730,000, portion Cook, who was arrested Thursday, remains jailed nether bonds totaling $375,000. Bledsoe is charged with aggravated battle with a deadly weapon, aggravated robbery, engaging successful organized enactment and tampering with carnal evidence. Cook is charged with aggravated robbery, engaging successful organized transgression enactment and tampering with carnal evidence.
Deputies besides are searching for a pistillate they allege lured the unfortunate to the location successful Crawford, wherever helium was changeable and robbed.
According to apprehension warrant affidavits, deputies were called to the country connected a study of a suspicious vehicle. While they were connected their way, dispatchers were notified by OnStar that a antheral astatine the aforesaid determination had been changeable and needed help.
The pistillate who reported the suspicious conveyance is the pistillate deputies are trying to find for her alleged engagement successful the incident, the affidavit alleges.
Deputies recovered Cook and Bledsoe determination and arrested Bledsoe connected an outstanding warrant, the affidavit alleges. Deputies obtained a hunt warrant and recovered a video strategy that captured the incident, the affidavit states.
Deputies allege the pistillate and the shooting unfortunate were “hanging out.” He near astir an hr later, but the pistillate reportedly texted him to travel backmost to the home. While the unfortunate and the pistillate were sitting successful his car successful the driveway, Bledsoe tin beryllium seen connected video wearing acheronian covering and a disguise and holding an AR-style rifle, the affidavit alleges.
The unfortunate told deputies the antheral opened the rider doorway and pointed the firearm astatine him portion helium sat successful the driver’s seat. He said helium grabbed the tube of the firearm and pushed it distant from him. The firearm fired a circular into the dash and the masked man, aboriginal identified arsenic Bledsoe, told him to “strip and springiness him his stuff.”
The unfortunate told deputies helium realized the pistillate “set him up” to beryllium robbed. The antheral said helium complied with the man’s wishes and tried to permission successful his vehicle, which seemingly was damaged by the changeable done the dashboard. He said the car would not spell much than 5 mph but helium was capable to thrust it retired of the gross earlier it died successful the driveway.
The affidavit alleges that Bledsoe tin beryllium seen connected video walking toward the car and firing a changeable that struck the antheral successful the backmost of the neck. Cook, who is identified arsenic the proprietor of the home, the pistillate and Bledsoe past moved the unfortunate from the beforehand spot to the backmost spot of the car, wherever Bledsoe is seen going done the man’s wallet and taking his compartment phone.
Cook took the firearm into the house, portion the pistillate tin beryllium seen utilizing the sleeves of her garment to hitch down the doorway handles and different parts of the car.
“When (the victim) was interviewed, helium described the incidental and stated helium could perceive 2 males talking and based disconnected what they were saying believed they were going to thrust his conveyance to an chartless determination to permission him and the conveyance owed to the males believing helium was dead,” the affidavit alleges. “The conveyance was disabled owed to the archetypal gunshot and Bledsoe was incapable to thrust it.”
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