Thursday, March 28, 2024

Coryell County fugitive sought

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Coryell County Sheriff’s Deputies are searching for an inmate who escaped from a work crew on Sept. 26 near Leon Junction.

Brandon Wayne Hogan, 37, a white male, 5 foot 9 inches tall and weighing 160 pounds, was conducting grounds maintenance at the Seaton Cemetery as part of a three-inmate crew supervised by the Sheriff’s Office Community Service Manager when he scaled a fence surrounding the cemetery.

His absence was noted and reported within minutes. CCSO dispatch was called at 9:53 a.m. and all deputies were called in to begin a large-scale search of the surrounding area. The search began Sept. 26 with assistance from the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, McLennan County Sheriff’s Office and the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force and included tracking K-9s, horseback searches and aviation assets as well as foot searches and law enforcement personnel stationed across the area in patrol units.

Additionally, Coryell County Sheriff’s Office dispatchers issued a Region VI notification to law enforcement agencies, a Code Red alert to residents in the surrounding area and posted information on the agency’s Facebook page once notification of the escape was made.

On-site search efforts began shortly after 10 a.m. and continued late into the night. Law enforcement personnel remained in the area overnight.

Search efforts to locate and recapture Brandon Hogan intensified and include personnel on ATVs searching wide swaths of pasture near the escape area.

Authorities believe Hogan is still in the area and will continue their search efforts.

Hogan has been in custody at the Coryell County Jail since Aug. 1, charged with assault of a family member impeding breathing/circulation with previous convictions, theft of a firearm, burglary of a habitation and criminal mischief.

The Coryell County Sheriff’s Office is grateful for the invaluable ongoing assistance provided by their sister agencies and partners, as well as the community.

Area residents have been assisting by sharing information through social media and by calling in reports of sightings and additional information.

Assistance from the public is appreciated, but residents are reminded not to approach or contact Hogan, but instead to call the sheriff’s office immediately if he is located.