Two Arrested in Tyler Following Manhunt

TYLER — Two people are in custody following a crash and manhunt overnight in Smith County. According to KETK, Lindale police say authorities arrested Willie Anthony Jeffrey, 24, of Lindale, and Rosemary Susie Frame, 33, of Tyler, at a Walmart in Tyler. At around 9 p.m. on Tuesday, officers were dispatched to a crash on Interstate 20 in the Lindale area. When police made it to the crash site, witnesses said a man, woman, and child ran into a wooded area. The man was believed to be the driver. The truck involved was found mangled in the trees.

While law enforcement officials searched for the people involved, investigators determined the driver was wanted on warrants in Texas and out of state. Authorities began forming a perimeter around the crash site, but the suspects were able to make it through to a La Quinta on Centennial Boulevard in Lindale. The group then hopped in a cab to a Walmart in Tyler.

Smith County deputies were sent to the store and quickly arrested Jeffrey and Frame. The 3-year-old girl, who is Jeffrey’s child, was taken to a local hospital and released to a family member. Both adults were charged with endangering a child. Jeffrey also faces additional charges of accident involving injury and four warrants outside of Smith County: possession of controlled substance and possession of marijuana (Comal County), and principal to grand theft auto and organized fraud (Marion County, Florida). Jeffrey is being held on no bond. A DPS helicopter and K-9 officers assisted in the search.