A West U police officer was injured early this morning in a car chase that ended with the suspect in handcuffs.
According to West U police reports, an officer noticed a vehicle driving northbound in the 5900 block of Community at a slow rate of speed with no lights on.
When the officer tried to conduct a traffic stop, the vehicle fled and chased police into the City of Bellaire.
The suspect vehicle “rammed” a West U Police Department vehicle and injured an officer, the report said. The officer involved in the incident is Officer Zurita. The police department did not release his first name. Police officials said the officer sustained minor injuries and was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital. He was later released.
The chase continued into the City of Houston onto Highway 290 where he reportedly drove in the wrong direction, crashed his vehicle and fled on foot.
Marcus York, a LaMarque resident, was apprehended in the parking lot of the Northwest Houston Police Substation.
York was charged with aggravated assault against a public servant and evading arrest/detention with a vehicle.
He is currently being held at the Harris County Jail. Bond has not been set.
According to documents on file with the Harris County District Clerk’s Office, York’s criminal history includes burglary of habitation and theft.
Our West U police do a very good job getting the job done, wrapping things up professionally, and have a VERY different and far better law enforcement style in contrast to, for example, the Bellaire Police Department .
Our West U police do a VERY effective professional job without the excessive force other police departments use. In fourteen years I’ve never known them to fail getting it done and the right way.
I have lived in West U and Bellaire and they both have exceptional police departments. However, each has occasionally had difficult times. The West U Police once had a reputation of stopping anyone who didn’t fit the perceived West U profile. Although Bellaire covers a much wider area, I always felt equally safe in both cities.