A car theft incident on the streets of Killeen results in a prison sentence for the thief | Criminality

Court records show that Moore, 24, already pleaded guilty on April 1. On March 8, 2023, he was arraigned on one count of aggravated robbery and one count of evading arrest with a vehicle.

According to a previous press release from the Killeen Police Department, the victim told officers that at some point in Harker Heights, a man with a gun approached him and demanded his wallet, phone and car. The gunman then got into the victim’s Honda Civic and left the area.

Killeen police located the vehicle about 25 minutes later near the Stan Schlueter Loop and Mesa Drive. Police attempted to stop the vehicle but a short pursuit ensued on Elms Road.

The driver attempted to turn southbound onto Trimmier Road, lost control and then struck a utility pole near the intersection of Trimmier and Elms.

According to the written statement, the pole broke on impact and the vehicle burst into flames.

The victim arrived at the scene and clearly identified the driver as the person who robbed him, police added.

The case was handled by the 27th District Court in Belton.

In an unrelated case, a 60-year-old woman was sentenced to probation after she hit an elderly woman last year.

Laura Diane Albano was indicted by a Bell County grand jury on June 7, 2023, on a third-degree felony charge of corporal injury to an elderly person. A year later, on Friday, June 7, Judge Steve Duskie sentenced Albano to six years probation.

Court records show that Albano pleaded guilty on January 2.

On April 12, 2023, Harker Heights Police were dispatched to the 1800 block of Ute Trail in reference to a violent domestic subject.

“When officers arrived, they observed (an 82-year-old woman) lying on the front lawn of the home near an overturned trash can (and) unable to get up,” the arrest affidavit said.

Police said Albano, a member of the woman’s family, was sitting on the lawn a few feet away.

The victim “stated that during an argument about Easter decorations, Albano grabbed her arm and threw her to the ground,” according to the affidavit. “(The victim) further stated that Albano did not want to help her up.”

Albano told officers that Albano threw away the elderly woman’s Easter decorations, which sparked an argument. Albano “stated that ‘maybe she got a little too aggressive on that one and pushed a little too hard,’ which caused Smith to lose her balance and fall.” Albano explained that she placed the trash can next to (the victim) so (she) could pull herself up behind it, but did not help (the victim) get up.”

Another unrelated case was heard in Judge Duskie’s courtroom on Monday.

D’Andre Clemone Capers, 24, was initially charged with assault on a public servant, a third-degree felony. On April 23, he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of attempted assault on a public servant, which is a state prison offense, according to Bell County court records.

On Monday, Duskie sentenced Capers to five years probation.

On March 22, a KPD officer stopped a vehicle in the city when police reported that two people – one of whom was later determined to be Capers – began “interfering with the arrest by aggressively approaching officers,” according to the arrest affidavit.

One of the officers informed Capers that he could not leave custody due to his arrest.

“The capers turned around and tried to get away from (the officer),” police said.

Another KPD officer “tried to grab Capers to arrest him. “The capers struck (the officer) in the chin area and then began to aggressively resist and move away,” the statement reads. “The sergeant fell to the ground along with the Capers. Capers was tased by (another officer) and then officers handcuffed him.

The sergeant was wounded in the right ankle and wrist.