Benny Gonzales
Staff writer Katelyn Hall reports:
A 53-year-old man is accused of stealing a trailer, ramming a car and leading police on a brief chase Sunday.
Benny Gonzales is charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, evading arrest with a vehicle and theft. He remains in the Dallas county jail in lieu of $200,000 bail. He is also being held on a parole violation.
Officers responded to a theft call Sunday in the 7500 block of Elam Road in South Dallas. A tractor trailer filled with $5,000 worth of food was reported stolen near Elam and Jim Miller roads. The owner of the trailer told police he saw Gonzales and another man hitch the trailer to a Toyota Tacoma and flee, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
The owner called 911 and began following Gonzales in his own vehicle. Gonzales then rammed the owner’s vehicle and tried to strike the vehicle repeatedly, police records show.
When officers attempted to stop Gonzales, he accelerated and drove eastbound on Red Key Street into Crawford City Park, where the trailer became unattached from the truck and crashed into a tree. The trailer also hit the police cruiser, the warrant says.
Gonzales was arrested while he attempted to climb a 9-foot metal fence. Gonzales told police he had stolen the trailer, the warrant says.