2020-20850 – On April 23rd at 1:56 a.m., officers responded to the 1600 block of West Texas in response to a shots fired call. Upon arrival in the area officers observed several subjects standing in the parking lot of an empty building, with one of the subjects, later identified as Rodney Eligon, holding a handgun. As officers instructed Rodney to drop the weapon he turned and ran into the building where he discarded the handgun before coming back out of the building. All subjects were detained while officers cleared the building and recovered the weapon Rodney had been holding. Rodney was found to have outstanding local warrants and was placed under arrest. The other subjects were released without charges. Rodney was then transported to the Baytown Jail where he was booked on the local warrants and cited for Discharging a Firearm in City Limits. Mug shot attached.
2020-20854 – On April 23rd at 2:50 a.m., officers responded to a report of an alarm at the Dollar General located in the 2600 block of West Main. Upon arrival officers noticed the front door of the building had been pried open. Officers also noticed there was a trail of cigarette packs leading from the store out to the roadway. Upon further investigation it was determined that suspect(s) had pried the door open, entered the store and shattered the cases where the cigarettes were kept. The suspect(s) then loaded a tote with the cigarettes and fled the store. Detectives are investigating.
Lieutenant Steve Dorris
Criminal Investigations Division
City of Baytown Police Department
3200 N. Main
Baytown, Texas 77521
Office: 281-420-6617
FBINA 275TH Session