Grimes County pursuit ends with standoff and arrest in Brazos County

GRIMES COUNTY, Texas (KBTX) – A lengthy vehicle pursuit stretching from Grimes County to Brazos County ended overnight with the arrest of a wanted man who threatened to harm law enforcement during the chase.

The incident began just before midnight Tuesday after the Grimes County Sheriff’s Office received information that John Victor May, out of Iola, was wanted for two felony warrants and was possibly in a gray Kia Sorrento. At approximately 11:50 p.m., a Deputy was in the area of CR 172 near CR 175, when he located the gray Kia Sorrento.

As the Deputy got behind the vehicle, he said he tried to conduct a traffic stop for speeding, but May refused to stop and led deputies on a high-speed pursuit into Brazos County on SH 30.

Several attempts were made to deploy tire deflation devices, but May managed to avoid them.

🔴PURSUIT UPDATE: We now have the details of the overnight chase that started in Grimes County and ended in Brazos County.

➡️Details: https://t.co/HdvsHZ1ep3

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Deputies say May continued evading on Boonville Road, SH 6, North FM 2818, Sandy Point Road, OSR, back onto SH 6, down North Texas Avenue into Bryan, and entered College Station, where he circled on William D Fitch Parkway from SH 6 towards FM 2818, entering Wellborn Road, and University Drive towards SH 6.

Deputies said May called the Brazos County Sheriff’s Office while he was evading and stated that he was armed with a pistol and would shoot at law enforcement if they got too close.

Multiple agencies redeployed stop sticks on University Drive before getting to SH 6, where the suspect vehicle was successfully hit.

During the pursuit, deputies say John May threatened to shoot law enforcement if they got too close.

According to the Grimes County Sheriff’s Office, the suspect vehicle was seen accelerating as he approached a state trooper’s vehicle from behind, almost striking the trooper involved in the stop stick deployment.

The suspect’s vehicle finally came to a stop as it entered a wooded area near Oakmont Circle and University Drive in Brazos County. After a brief standoff with John May, he surrendered and was taken into custody.

May was arrested by Grimes County Sheriff’s Office deputies and charged with Evading Arrest Detention with a Motor Vehicle (F3), Aggravated Assault on a Public Servant (F1), and the two felony warrants for Manufacture and Delivery of a Controlled Substance (F1) and Fraud Use/ Possession of Identifying Items < 50 (F2).