BALCH SPRINGS, Texas — A man remains at-large following a Forney Police Department high-speed pursuit and manhunt which ended in Balch Springs Monday afternoon.
BALCH SPRINGS, Texas — A man remains at-large following a Forney Police Department high-speed pursuit and manhunt which ended in Balch Springs Monday afternoon.
Just before 1:45 p.m., the Forney Police Department began the pursuit with the individual after attempting a traffic stop near Farm-to-Market (FM) 741 and FM 548. The vehicle fled at a high rate of speed westbound on Interstate-20. The pursuit then exited Seagoville Road in Balch Springs and continued on the westbound service road where the vehicle crashed head-on into a guardrail at the frontage road’s intersection with Kleberg Road.
The individual then fled on foot south under the I-635 and I-20 interchange. Police initiated a manhunt with the assistance the Balch Springs Police Department, the Dallas Police Department, a Dallas Police Department helicopter, and K-9 units from Rockwall and Dallas.
The manhunt was terminated at 3:40 p.m. with the individual still at-large. The Dallas Police Department also searched an apartment on Pioneer Road near Seagoville Road in relation to the pursuit and manhunt.
Police seized a handgun, 114 grams of methamphetamine, and .083 ounces of marijuana from the vehicle.
"Information in the vehicle identified the driver to be a Joeseph Phillipp Rodriguez Jr. out of Kennedale, Texas," according to a Forney Police Department statement. "Rodriguez is known to be armed and dangerous and also wanted for parole violation."
If anyone has any additional information about this or any other incident, please contact the Forney Police Criminal Investigations Department at 972-564-7600. You can also leave information anonymously at Kaufman County Crime Stoppers at 1-877-847-7522 and if that information leads to an arrest, a reward could be granted to the caller.
