An accused assassin who was in a position to flee home arrest by breaking off his ankle monitor was arrested Monday after a month-long manhunt as one among Texas’ 10 most needed fugitives.
Trevor McEuen, 32, was going through capital homicide prices when he skipped a court docket look on Might 5 — which Lone Star State Gov. Greg Abbott ripped as proof of “why Texas should repair its damaged and lethal bail system.”
McEuen was lastly busted early Monday, with a photograph displaying him barefoot and lined in mud behind a police cruiser.
McEuen had been placed on the checklist of Texas’ most needed fugitives with a $30,000 reward for data resulting in his arrest. It was not instantly clear if a tip led to Monday’s arrest.
He fled home arrest whereas awaiting trial on capital homicide prices for the 2023 execution-style slaying of a neighbor, Aaron Martinez, 35, who was shot 15 to 30 occasions within the again and brow.
The slaying got here on the climax of a prolonged feud between the neighbors that Martinez’s household alleged included McEuen firing at Martinez’s property and hurling racial slurs at him.
After the homicide, McEuen was arrested following a standoff with the SWAT crew and charged with homicide. He was indicted for capital homicide in November 2023, CBS Information reported.
He was launched from jail in September however was locked up once more after he violated his phrases by posting images of Martinez on-line.
He was launched once more after posting one other $2 million bond in December, simply to finally break off his ankle monitor and flee, in keeping with Fox 4 Information.
“A violent prison like McEuen charged with capital homicide ought to by no means be launched on our streets,” Abbott mentioned. “That’s why I made bail reform an emergency merchandise that should move this legislative session.”
