A fugitive was arrested in a Walmart parking lot Thursday, after Santa Clarita Valley sheriff’s deputies detained a man wanted by U.S. Marshals on a $12,000 warrant from Texas.
“Deputies were looking for a suspect in a van” at the Walmart store in the Valencia Marketplace, said Lt. Mark Hershey of the Sheriff’s Station.
”They detained the guy and a van with a trailer behind it,” Hershey said. “It was reported stolen (to the Los Angeles Police Department).”
Deputies discovered a 7-year-old boy believed to be related to the suspect in the van, he said.
“He’s probably going to be charged with a stolen trailer, also,” he said.
There appeared to be nothing wrong with the child, who was taken into protective custody.
A call to the U.S. Marshal’s Office regarding the reason for the initial warrant was not immediately returned Thursday.
He’s currently being held at the SCV Sheriff’s Station.
Local authorities are not allowed to release the identity of the suspect because the investigation is being handled by the U.S. Marshal’s Office, according to a Sheriff’s Station official.
Texas Fugitive Arrested in Walmart Parking Lot
