MAN ARRESTED AFTER VEHICLE PURSUIT ENDS AT MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIR & SPACE PORT

(Jan. 28, 2025)

MIDLAND, TEXAS -- A 29-year-old was arrested Tuesday (Jan. 28, 2025) after a police pursuit ended at Midland International Air & Space Port.

At 12:45 p.m. Midland Police responded to an evading in a motor vehicle incident at Main Street and Missouri Avenue in downtown Midland.

“Randy Lee Gutierrez stole a white 2020 Ford pickup truck from the parking lot,” MPD reported. “A few minutes after the vehicle was stolen the vehicle was involved in a crash at the intersection of Big Spring and Missouri and fled the scene.”

Midland Police added that the owner of the vehicle had a GPS tracker on the vehicle and was able to provide the location of the vehicle to Midland County Sheriff's Office.

“Deputies were able to locate the vehicle where a vehicle pursuit ensued in the county,” MPD reported. “The pursuit continued into the city limits where the vehicle drove through the perimeter fence at Midland International Air & Space Port. Midland Police Department Airport Units began a pursuit of the vehicle on the runways. After numerous attempts to disable the vehicle, the driver fled on foot and was apprehended by K-9.

Gutierrez was subsequently arrested for Evading in a Motor Vehicle, Evading Arrest, Duty on Striking a fixture and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.