Tyler County Sheriff Bryan Weatherford says an employee of Dogwood Trails Nursing Home went to jail after he was accused of stealing a patient’s cell phone.
Weatherford said a deputy confronted 25-year-old Austin Wilson Salazar regarding the crime, and learned that Salazar was wanted in Norfolk, Virginia for a crime there.
The sheriff said when the deputy tried to place Salazar into custody, he aggressively resisted arrest and then ran through the halls of the nursing home and tried to hide in several different rooms.
The deputy was able to catch him in the dining room, but Weatherford said Salazar punched and kicked the deputy. Sheriff Weatherford said nursing home staff members tried to help the deputy and Salazar punched a nurse and shoved her against a wall.
When more deputies arrived they were able to wrestle Salazar into custody and he was taken to the Tyler County Jail where he was charged with Assault of a Public Servant, Assault Causing Serious Bodily Injury, Resisting Arrest, and Evading Arrest, and more charges are pending. Justice of the Peace Tina Self set bond on Salazar at $95,000.00.
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