According to Kent County Sheriff William Scogin, Tuesday evening Jan. 3, 2023, an escaped inmate from Stonewall County was apprehended at a residence in the 300 block of S. Jay Avenue in Jayton, Texas.
Jeremy Trevino, 36, of Jayton, who escaped from the Stonewall County jail just before Thanksgiving only days after returning to the facility following a first escape earlier in November, was reported at large until the Kent County Sheriff's Office received a tip regarding his whereabouts.
On the basis of a tip Monday regarding Trevino's hiding place in Jayton, the sheriff's office applied for and was issued a search warrant for the residence. The Texas Department of Public Safety Region 5 Special Response Team arrived at the residence at 5:19 p.m. and, after about 45 minutes was able to take the escapee into custody along with another individual, Juan J. Hernandez, 52, of Jayton, who was arrested for hindering apprehension of a known felon.
Trevino had been held on charges which stemmed from a 2015 Kent County charge for evading arrest with a motor vehicle.
According to a May 8, 2015 story from KCBD News, then 29-year-old Trevino, who was wanted for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon and Aggravated Robbery on multiple warrants out of Dickens County, was captured by White River Water District Police Chief David Wright.
Then, on Oct. 12, 2022, according to Scogin, Trevino was arrested by the Kent County Sheriff's Office reference a Motion to Revoke Probation warrant (Evading Arrest/Detention with Motor Vehicle). He was held in the Stonewall County jail but on Nov. 8 was able to escape custody by climbing over the back fence. He was captured in Aspermont approximately 48 hours later. He then escaped again on Nov. 17.
Scogin said that, given the escapee’s violent history, close to 20 DPS and highway patrol officers arrived on site about 4 p.m. to secure the area, taking about an hour to prepare. Once officers deployed, negotiations via loudspeaker continued for about 45 minutes, during which tear gas was deployed, and the SWAT team was preparing to enter the house whenTrevino emerged and was taken into custody.
A local citizen reported seeing the SWAT team, several highway patrols, and the Stonewall sheriff's vehicle all converged at the house, with a loudspeaker. 'Finally the dude came out,' said one resident.
Trevino, who has formerly lived in Dickens, Kent, and Stonewall counties and had a criminal history before the 2015 charge, was transported along with Hernandez to the Garza County Jail, Scogin said.
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