{"id":301776,"date":"2014-05-21T16:08:43","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T21:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=301776"},"modified":"2014-05-22T15:54:46","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T20:54:46","slug":"officials-man-on-the-run-after-escaping-trooper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=301776","title":{"rendered":"Officials: Man Captured after Escaping Trooper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2014\/05\/ortegasmithcojail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2014\/05\/ortegasmithcojail-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"ortegasmithcojail\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-301777\" \/><\/a>FRANKSTON \u2014 An anonymous tip Wednesday led Department of Public Safety Troopers to Frankston, where they arrested a Chandler man they say escaped custody last Friday in Dogwood City.  According to KETK, authorities say Victor Jose Ortega had escaped after he was arrested following a traffic stop on Highway 155 South.  Officials report Ortega, 33, was spotted in a vehicle traveling eastbound on Murchison Street in Frankston. A Frankston police officer stopped the vehicle, but authorities say the driver of refused to pull over and a short pursuit began. Troopers arrested the suspect in the Subway parking lot.  <!--more--> <\/p>\n<p>Ortega was transported to the Anderson County Jail. He faces charges of failure to identify, possession of a controlled substance (three charges), possession of marijuana, and escape.  DPS was assisted by Smith County Sheriff\u2019s Office and Frankston Police.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday at around 9:10 p.m., a trooper stopped a vehicle at a convenience store on Highway 155 South in Dogwood City. The person inside the vehicle was identified as Ortega. Ortega was questioned, and it was discovered the suspect was wanted on a parole warrant.  Once the warrant was confirmed by authorities, he was handcuffed and seat belted inside the trooper&#8217;s patrol car. Officials say when the trooper was searching Ortega&#8217;s vehicle, Ortega managed to get out of the patrol unit and ran from the scene on foot.   Several DPS troopers, Smith County Sheriff\u2019s deputies and a DPS helicopter out of Longview all assisted in the initial search for Ortega.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRANKSTON \u2014 An anonymous tip Wednesday led Department of Public Safety Troopers to Frankston, where they arrested a Chandler man they say escaped custody last Friday in Dogwood City. According to KETK, authorities say Victor Jose Ortega had escaped after he was arrested following a traffic stop on Highway 155 South. Officials report Ortega, 33, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=301776\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Officials: Man Captured after Escaping Trooper<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-301776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-11 03:30:52","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\/301776","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\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=301776"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":301828,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301776\/revisions\/301828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=301776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=301776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=301776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}