A 37-year-old Bowie area man was arrested Tuesday evening following a pursuit initiated by the Denton County Sheriff’s Department, Denton Police and the U.S. Marshals’ Service on rural roads outside Bowie and ended in Bowie with Bowie Police making the stop.
Detective Bob Blackburn of the Bowie Police Department said the police were contacted for an active pursuit about 6 p.m. Tuesday in the area of U.S. Highway 81 and Red Bird Lane. The suspect’s vehicle was a Dodge pickup driven by Matthew Heath Suagee.
According to the arrest affidavit obtained by Bowie police, out of city officers attempted to stop Suagee on the rural roads outside of Bowie to serve arrest warrants. Pursuing officers told police via the radio as it approached Bowie.
Bowie Patrolman Cody Stone joined the pursuit with his siren and lights on as the chase made its way around to Upper Montague Road and where he engaged the suspect at Lover’s Lane. The suspect was was driving at a high rate of speed evading the Denton Sheriff’s vehicle. Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.