Brownwood Police are investigating the theft of two vehicles and roofing materials from Higginbotham Brothers in Brownwood that occurred over the weekend. The business and police were notified of the theft after Rising Star Police made a traffic stop on one of the stolen vehicles in the early morning hours Sunday.
According to the Brownwood Police report, the driver of the stolen flat bed truck fled the scene at the time of the traffic stop.
At approximately 3:29 a.m. on Sunday, May 19th, Brownwood Police were dispatched to 1500 Center Avenue, Higginbotham, at the request of Rising Star Police Department to investigate the scene. Dispatch informed the officers that Rising Star Chief of Police had three other suspects detained.
Upon the officer’s arrival, the lock to the gate to the property had been cut and the gate was open. The back door to the store was found to be unsecure and no signs of forced entry were observed on the door. Police and the store manager discovered that two store vehicles were missing, a white flatbed pickup and a yellow freightliner truck, along with 121 packages of laminate roofing shingles. The report states that it appears someone used a forklift at the property to load the shingles into the vehicle.Rising Star Police recovered the flatbed pickup and at least some of the shingles. The report states that the second vehicle may have been recovered, but could not be confirmed at the time the report was written.
The report states that four subjects have been arrested and were booked into Eastland County Jail. Jose Hernandez, 36; Immer Jonathan, 23; Alfonso Hernandez, 32; and Lee Payton Scott, 20 were identified in the report as those arrested in the case.
