Correctional Officer Arrested after Evading Arrest

ANDERSON COUNTY — A 25-year-old Texas Department of Criminal Justice correctional officer was charged with evading arrest with a motor vehicle Friday afternoon when he allegedly fled authorities after failing to stop for a school bus dropping off school children. David Ekwejunor was arrested by an Anderson County Precinct 2 Constable around 3:30 on U.S. 287, north of Palestine.

According to the Palestine Herald-Press, Ekwejunor, a correctional officer at the TDCJ’s Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony, was charged with evading arrest/detention with a motor vehicle and a handful of other violations, including failing to stop for a school bus with lights flashing. Authorities said the chase ended after Department of Public Safety Troopers placed spike strips in the road and Ekwejunor’s tires were flattened.