Sheriff’s Office assists Guadalupe Narcotics Task Force in arrest

The Gonzales County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Guadalupe Narcotics Task Force in an arrest which was made on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020.

According to a press release from the Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 10:37 p.m., Guadalupe Narcotics Task Force Highway Investigation Officer C. Deagen of the Seguin Police Department attempted to conduct a traffic stop of a Red 2016 Toyota Scion for traffic violations at IH-10 Mile Marker 596 west. The driver of this vehicle, later identified as Patrick Ford, 30, refused to stop and lead officers on a 60-mile pursuit, beginning in Guadalupe County, continuing through Wilson and Gonzales Counties. During the course of the pursuit Ford threw out multiple packages containing marijuana, THC extract style products and various designer illegal narcotic drugs.

Ford stopped his vehicle and fled on foot in Gonzales County, where he was captured by Deagen after a brief foot chase.

The Guadalupe County Narcotics Task Force is comprised of Seguin PD Special Crimes Detectives, Seguin PD K-9 units, Cibolo PD Narcotics Detectives, and Narcotics Investigators from the Sheriff's Office. Units from Texas Highway Patrol, La Vernia Police Department and Gonzales County Sheriff's Office assisted in the capture of Ford.

Ford has a total bond of $195,000, and was arrested on 11 total counts, including:

• Man/Del CS PG 2 >400g for possessing 864g of THC infused edibles
• Man/Del CS PG 2 >4g<4g for possessing 179.53g of THC liquid
• Man/Del CS PG2 for possessing 4g of THC cartridge/liquid 
• Man/Del CS PG 2 >4g<400g for possessing 5.9g of Marijuana Pre-rolls with THC Kief
• Man/Del CS PG2 >4g<400g for possessing 6.13g of Ecstasy
• Man/Del CS PG 2 >1g<4g for possessing 2.73g of THC wax
• Possession of Marijuana < 2oz for possessing 57.68g of Marijuana
• Man/Del CS PG3< 28g for possessing 4.94g of Xanax 
• Evading Arrest Motor Vehicle
• Evading Arrest or Detention 
• Tampering with or Fabricating Physical Evidence.