LIVINGSTON, Texas (KETK) \u2014 Newly released footage from the Livingston Police Department captures a dramatic Monday morning car chase, leading to the arrest of a 22-year-old suspect.<\/p>\n
The Livingston Police Department said they were notified by the San Jacinto County Sheriff\u2019s Office that a stolen vehicle may be heading into their area on State Highway 146. Officers later located the vehicle traveling northbound on 146, south of the city limits, and attempted to initiate a traffic stop in the area of Red Barn.<\/p>\n
The driver continued to flee from authorities and officers conducted a PIT maneuver to prevent the suspect from getting back onto 146. Despite the maneuvers, the suspect continued to drive into the city limits of Livingston.<\/p>\n
As the pursuit continued, deputies from the Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office deployed spike strips near Garner Street, disabling the vehicle\u2019s tires. However, the driver continued on to East Church Street, where he collided with a department vehicle.<\/p>\n
According to officials, the suspect exited his vehicle on Old Woodville Road and fled into a wooded area. Officers successfully deployed a taser against the suspect and took him into custody.<\/p>\n
Following his arrest, the suspect was identified as 22-year-old William Rivera from Lee\u2019s Summit, Mo., and charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle and evading arrest with a vehicle.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a great example of difficult and split decisions officers are forced to make in dangerous situations,\u201d Livingston PD Lieutenant Jake Mueller said. \u201d Our officers handled the situation with professionalism and brought the pursuit to a safe conclusion. The suspect is in custody and no one was injured.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LIVINGSTON, Texas (KETK) \u2014 Newly released footage from the Livingston Police Department captures a dramatic Monday morning car chase, leading to the arrest of a 22-year-old suspect. The Livingston Police Department said they were notified by the San Jacinto County Sheriff\u2019s Office that a stolen vehicle may be heading into their area on State Highway … Continue reading Dashcam video captures Missouri driver hitting Texas police vehicle in pursuit<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2851],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1488722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-state-news-archive"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-06 20:14:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1488722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1488723,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488722\/revisions\/1488723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1488722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1488722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1488722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}