Officers arrested Andrew Le-Van James Rucker, 27, of Victoria, on Wednesday evening, on suspicion of kidnapping and interfering with an emergency request for assistance, as well as on five warrants charging him with Class C misdemeanors, according to police.
Police responded to a disturbance call in the 100 block of Yosemite Drive where they were told an 18-year-old woman was being held against her will by Rucker. Rucker and the woman left the home before police arrived.
Jackson County deputies later found the vehicle with Rucker and the woman inside at a cemetery in Edna.
An initial investigation found the woman was forced into the vehicle and Rucker took her cell phone when she tried to call 911.
In an unrelated case, deputies arrested Hedilberto Cortez Jr., 42, of Laredo, on Wednesday, on suspicion of human smuggling.
Cortez remained jailed Thursday with bail set at $80,000.
ARRESTED
- VICTORIA — A 23-year-old Victoria man by officers March 1 on suspicion of violating a bond or protective order two times or more within 12 months, evading arrest or detention and a Class C misdemeanor.
- VICTORIA — A 40-year-old Victoria man by officers March 1 on suspicion of causing injury to a child, elderly or disabled person by criminal negligence.
- VICTORIA — A 47-year-old Victoria man by officers March 1 on suspicion of property theft between $750-$2,500.
- VICTORIA — A 58-year-old Victoria man by officers March 1 on suspicion of a Class C misdemeanor and possession of a controlled substance less than 1 gram and on a warrant charging him with a Class C misdemeanor.
- VICTORIA — A 29-year-old Victoria woman by officers March 1 on a warrant charging him with parole violation and suspicion of possession of a controlled substance less than 28 grams and possession of a controlled substance between 1-4 grams.
- VICTORIA — A 34-year-old Victoria man by troopers March 1 on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
- VICTORIA — A 38-year-old Pharr man by deputies March 1 on suspicion of money laundering between $2,500-$30,000 and a Class C misdemeanor and on a warrant charging him with giving a false report to police officers, special investigation or law enforcement employees.
- VICTORIA — A 26-year-old Victoria woman by officers March 1 on suspicion of violating a bond or protective order two or more times within 12 months.
- VICTORIA — A 37-year-old Victoria man by deputies March 1 on warrants charging him with two counts of property theft between $100-$750.
- VICTORIA — A 39-year-old Lake Jackson man by deputies March 2 on suspicion of manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance between 4-200 grams.
- VICTORIA — A 42-year-old Victoria man by officers March 2 on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance less than 1 gram and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence to impair and investigation and on warrants charging him with six Class C misdemeanors.
