Harris County Sheriff’s Office reports for Dec. 30 to Jan. 2

On December 30, 2009, Harris County Sheriff’s Deputies T. Berry and A. Vera responded to the Christian Brothers Automotive located at 24155 Tomball Parkway in reference to an alarm call. When they arrived it appeared a vehicle had been driven through the large over-head glass door of one of the repair bays. Pieces of broken tail light were found just outside the bay door and collected as evidence. Deputy Berry advised dispatch a vehicle was possibly missing from the business with damage to the tail light. A short while later dispatch made a broadcast of a suspicious vehicle in the Wal-Mart parking lot in the 22605 block of Tomball Parkway which is only a short distance from the automotive business. While waiting on the key holder to the automotive business, the deputies were approached by a witness who stated he had seen a suspicious male in the area. He also told deputies he had heard a loud crash and saw the automotive business had been burglarized. When the key holder arrived he told deputies that a white SUV was in the service area and was now missing. The deputies who were investigating the suspicious vehicle at the Wal-Mart advised they had a person detained for investigative purposes. Additional witnesses stated they had nearly been struck by a white SUV driving through the parking lot. They followed the vehicle and saw the suspect, identified as 31-year-old Kyle Stevens of Tomball, exit the SUV and run inside the store. The witnesses then notified the security officer who in turn notified the Sheriff’s Office. The SUV was identified as the one taken from Christian Brothers Automotive and Stevens was positively identified as the suspicious male the witness had seen in the area. Stevens was arrested and later pled guilty to Unauthorized Use of a Motor vehicle and was given two years deferred adjudication. Stevens is still being held in the Harris County Jail on unrelated charges.