Suspects Caught Red-Handed
Posted/updated on: September 23, 2010 at 11:25 amLONGVIEW — Two suspects are apprehended after a home invasion. 28-year-old Byron Houston was booked into the Gregg County Jail and charged with burglary of a habitation. The second suspect was taken to a local hospital for a claimed medical condition. He has not been arrested, although charges have been filed on the second suspect.
It happened Tuesday around 3:20 at 1408 South 12th Street. Longview Police say the victim told officers she left her home for a few minutes to go to the store, but upon returning, found someone had entered her home and had stolen her laptop computer. While officers were taking a report from the victim, an observant citizen called police and reported that two men were running with a laptop computer in the 1800 block of Eubanks Street. Officers were able to recover the stolen laptop computer.