Erik Lozano-Velasco, 18, was arrested Monday on charges of unauthorized use of a vehicle, evading arrest, engaging in organized criminal activity and unlawful carry of a weapon, Bexar CountyAlex Lopez, 17, was arrested Monday on charges of engaging in organized criminal activity and theft $30,000<$150,000,According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Lozano-Velasco was seen street racing in a stolen 2016 purple Dodge Charger on Feb. 26 in downtown San Antonio.
The San Antonio Police Department helicopter was dispatched and located the stolen charger as it fled toward Guadalupe County but the chopper had to turn around due to poor weather conditions. It was later determined Lozano-Velasco was also using a website that tracks Texas Department of Public Safety and SAPD aircraft data to evade the chopper.The affidavit states that the Charger was equipped with emergency police lights, despite not being an emergency vehicle.
Based on his Instagram account, police were able to determine that Lozano-Velasco was a student at Somerset High School, where there were several reported incidents involving Lozano-Velasco and a “purple Charger” driving recklessly in the school parking lot in recent weeks. He told police that he and Lopez stole the Charger together and that they broke the rear window to gain access to the car before reprogramming it.
Who taught him to reprogram those keys who sent him the technology ?
Sounds like we need to bring back cruel and unusual punishment to further deter these things from happening again.