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Police ID suspect in attempted carjacking of KPRC news crew, stolen patrol unit

The Houston Police Department say Alex Allen Jenkins, 29, was arrested around 11 a.m. Monday with help from University of Houston Police and is now charged with aggravated robbery and assault of a peace officer.

HOUSTON – Police have arrested and identified a suspect in connection with an attempted carjacking of a TV news crew and the theft of a police patrol unit.

The Houston Police Department say Alex Allen Jenkins, 29, was arrested around 11 a.m. Monday with help from University of Houston Police and is now charged with aggravated robbery and assault of a peace officer.

Jenkins is accused of crashing a Chevrolet Malibu into a KPRC news van at Chartress and Texas. Police said he then attempted to pull the driver out of the news vehicle, but was unsuccessful.

Police say an HPD prisoner transport saw the collision and stopped to check to see what happened. That is when the suspect assaulted a female officer driving the transport and took her vehicle.

There was a juvenile suspect in the HPD transport at the time of the carjacking. He was later found two blocks down the street.

The patrol vehicle was later found at Old Spanish Trail and Spur 5.

Both the news crew and the female officer were transported to a local hospital to be checked out, police said.

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