A convicted felon who allegedly dropped a Glock and fled from Precinct 4 deputy constables at a Spring Cypress Road apartment complex has been captured, the Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed, according to an updated KPRC 2 report published early Wednesday, Aug. 26.
Jamarcus Detreon Robinson, 33, had been the subject of a manhunt since he skipped his sentencing in Chambers County and was spotted in Spring on Tuesday, Aug. 18. The FBI confirmed its involvement in the search on Tuesday, Aug. 25.
Robinson was found guilty by a Chambers County jury on Monday, Aug. 17, on a third-degree felony charge of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. Judge Randy McDonald of the 344th District Court let Robinson go home that evening and ordered him to return the next day for sentencing.
Robinson never came back.
Judge McDonald imposed a 10-year sentence in absentia. That same day, Harris County court records show Precinct 4 deputy constables and federal agents encountered Robinson at an apartment complex on Spring Cypress Road. When officers tried to arrest him, Robinson allegedly ran into a building, dropping a Glock at the bottom of a stairway. After agents lost sight of him, he allegedly took an Uber from a nearby smoke shop, according to court records.
The encounter triggered a second unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon charge against Robinson in Harris County.
Chambers County District Attorney Cheryl Lieck Henry told KPRC she had warned the court Robinson would not return voluntarily.
"I said, 'Please have the judge call me before he sends him home, because this guy's not coming back. Sure enough, my prediction came true," Henry said.
Henry called the resulting manhunt "a waste of manpower" that was "putting the entire society at risk."
Chambers County Sheriff Brian Hawthorne said defendants are normally remanded to custody after a guilty verdict. Robinson's release after the verdict was an exception that enabled his flight. Judge McDonald had not responded to media inquiries about the decision as of Tuesday, Aug. 25.
Court records show Robinson has previous convictions for assault causing bodily injury in a family violence case, attempted possession of a firearm by a felon and evading arrest.
Capt. Tanner Dickens of the Chambers County Sheriff's Office said the case was "a little bit unique" and that the office had devoted significant resources to the search.
DPS did not release details about where or when Robinson was taken into custody. Robinson now faces the 10-year Chambers County sentence and the new Harris County firearms charge. Residents with information about the case can contact the Chambers County Sheriff's Office or Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office.
