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LUBBOCK, Texas — Courtroom paperwork obtained by EverythingLubbock.com on Monday morning discovered new details about how an inmate, Benjamin Soliz, 36, escaped in Lubbock County and stole an Upton County Sheriff’s Business office truck.
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According to a possible lead to affidavit, Soliz was signed out of the Lubbock County Detention Center on April 11 to experience a bench warrant in Rankin, Texas. On the way back again to Lubbock, court docket information mentioned Soliz informed the driver, a detention officer, that he was sick from the jail food in Upton County and essential to pull in excess of.
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Court docket records explained the officer pulled around to let him toss up and listened to noises but never noticed any “precise vomit” arrive from Soliz. In accordance to courtroom paperwork, the officer said Soliz was comprehensive restrained when he was put back again into his seat. As the officer was earning his way back again to the driver’s doorway, court docket records explained he heard the doorway lock and Soliz was in the driver’s seat.
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Soliz drove off in the pickup truck “at a superior charge of speed,” court files stated. The affidavit mentioned the truck was found crashed at the intersection of County Road 2830 and County Highway 7700. Soliz was not at the scene, court docket data said, but all of his restraints have been found in the truck.
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Not way too lengthy soon after the escape and crash, authorities heard stories of a theft of a Can-am in close proximity to the 4400 block of East County Highway 7640. The home-owner captured the incident with safety cameras that confirmed Soliz stealing the car. Courtroom data stated Soliz had modified out of his LCDC inmate uniform and was putting on a white shirt and white shorts.
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The Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office environment mentioned Soliz was later on arrested in the 6700 block of Cedar Avenue at 9:18 p.m. that similar night. He was charged with Unauthorized Use of a Motor Car and Escaping Although Arrested/Confined. Thomas Soliz was also arrested and charged with Hindering Apprehension, alongside with unrelated warrants.
As of Monday, Benjamin Soliz remained at LCDC on bonds totaling $312,500.