Henderson County Deputies Arrest Whitehouse Man in Crime Spree

ATHENS — A Whitehouse man was taken into custody Tuesday night in Athens following a string of crimes in two counties. According to KETK, Tyler police say Jake McDaniel, 25, was arrested by Henderson County deputies and charged with assault of a public servant, unauthorized use of a vehicle, and resisting arrest. McDaniel allegedly began the night stealing an SUV from a legal office in Tyler on the 100 block of Line Street. He then reportedly went to an ATM at a local bank on the 100 block of SSW Loop 323. A witness reported seeing McDaniel acting suspicious and took pictures of the incident.

Authorities say on leaving the business, McDaniel drove to a home on the 4300 block of Mark Hayes Court in Tyler and took a car. Deputies say they pulled over the vehicle and called the owner in Tyler, who reportedly did not know the vehicle had been stolen. During the traffic stop, the suspect allegedly resisted arrest, but officials said details as to what exactly happened were not immediately known. According to police, the owner of the first stolen vehicle said she noticed her SUV missing at around 8 p.m. McDaniel remains in the Henderson County Jail on bonds totaling $43,500.