The Police News

August 4, 2009

SANTA FE, Texas - Shortly after one o'clock this morning, Santa Fe police officers responded to a 911 call of an assault in the 11000 block of SH 6.

Police Captain Wayne Kessle said the victim came out of his residence to assist two men and a woman who had run out of gas in from of his home. He provided the trio with a small amount of gasoline, enough to get them to a nearby gas station. He also offered them a few dollars to get some gas when they got there.

Kessler said when he produced the money, about $47.00, of of the men attacked him with a metal flashlight knocking him to the ground. He was then either punched or kicked and the money was forcefully taken from him. The three then fled west on HWY 6. It was later determined the crime actually occurred in the City of Hitchcock, so Hitchcock police took over the investigation.

Through an on scene investigation the suspects were identified. Santa Fe patrol officers assisted by Santa Fe police Sgt. Eric Bruss and his K-9 partner Bor, and Galveston County Sheriff's deputies, went to a home in Santa Fe where the suspect, Johnnie Ray Burns, 24, was arrested. The two accomplises were located at separate homes in Hitchcock. Santa Fe police assisted in taking those suspects into custody. They were later released without charges according to a spokesperson at Hitchcock police headquarters.

Burns is being held in the Galveston County Jail in lieu of $40,000 bail charged with Aggravated Robbery.

Breck Porter
editor@thepolicenews.net