Man found inside Applebee’s in handcuffs after assaulting officers, stealing patrol car, police say
Emanuel Paramo, of Bridgeport, was booked into the Forney City Jail.
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10:08 PM on Jul 17, 2021 CDT
A 26-year-old man was arrested at an Applebee’s early Saturday on charges that he assaulted officers and stole a patrol car that he later crashed, Forney police said.
Emanuel Paramo, of Bridgeport, was booked into the Forney City Jail. His bond information was not released, and it was unclear whether he had an attorney.
Police said a Forney officer had seen a car in a ditch about 1 a.m. in the 700 block of U.S. Highway 80 service road and went to check on the welfare of the driver. The officer found “several items of drug paraphernalia” in the car, police said.
During the inventory search of the suspect s vehicle, officers located multiple weapons and narcotics.
Meanwhile, the man in custody was able to access the front of the patrol vehicle through the small window in the partition behind the front seats.
He then left the scene in the patrol vehicle and traveled west in the eastbound lanes of US HWY 80 towards Mesquite.
A phone call to the Mesquite Police Department reported seeing a person wearing handcuffs sitting inside an Applebee s restaurant, and the patrol vehicle was located with damage due to striking guardrails.
Forney PD identified the driver as 26-year-old Emanuel Paramo of Bridgeport. He faces numerous charges including assaulting an officer on duty and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
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