Press Releases
October 3, 2017 — At approximately 9:00 this morning, San Angelo Police were dispatched to the area of North Bryant Boulevard and West 6th Street for the report of an unconscious person.
Officers arrived and located Edward Vigil, 52, of San Angelo, unresponsive on the ground near the overpass. Vigil had no vital signs and apparently died as a result of injuries he sustained from falling off the overpass. Justice of the Peace Eddie Howard responded to the location and formally pronounced Vigil deceased. Vigil’s next of kin was notified.
Investigators with the Department’s Criminal Investigations Division are conducting a follow up investigation. Although the circumstances around Vigil’s death have not been confirmed, an eyewitness told police they observed Vigil fall from the bridge. At this time, there are no signs of foul play.
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The San Angelo Police Department will be honoring Assistant Chief Robert Martinez in a retirement ceremony slated for 3:00 p.m. Friday, October 6, 2017, at the McNease Convention Center, 501 Rio Concho Drive. The ceremony is open to the public.
Martinez, who was born and raised in San Angelo Texas, began his career with the San Angelo Police department in October 1981. During his career, Martinez served six years in the Patrol Division as a patrolman and supervisor, sixteen years with the Criminal Investigations Division as an investigator and supervisor, and fourteen years in the Administration Division where he rounded out his career as the Assistant Chief in charge of Investigations overseeing the Department’s Criminal Investigations Division, Intelligence Division, and Street Crimes Division.
Martinez holds a Master Peace Officers license, has over 2,777 Texas Commission on Law Enforcement training hours, and graduated from the F.B.I. National Academy, class 174, in Quantico, Virginia. He promoted to the rank of Sergeant in 1989 and was appointed to Assistant Chief in 2004.
During his tenure, Martinez participated in the Goodfellow Air Force Base Honorary Commander Program and he has received countless letters of commendation from the Tom Green County Sheriff’s Office, the Concho Valley Department of Community Supervision and Corrections, 1st Community Federal Credit Union, as well as from various citizens who benefitted from his lengthy service and dedication to the community.
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Friday, September 29, 2017 – The San Angelo Police Department welcomed back two certified peace Officers Friday afternoon.
Returning Officers Tina Burks and Juan Soto were sworn in during a private ceremony officiated by Police Chief Frank Carter at Police Headquarters.
Burks and Soto, both former San Angelo Police Department Peace Officers, were recently employed as Angelo State University Police.
Collectively the pair brings over 12.5 years of law enforcement experience back to the Department.
With the Meet and Confer Contract’s end in late September, the pair will likely be the last hired as lateral transfers.
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Saturday, September 30, 2017— A 2-year-old girl is reported to be in critical condition after nearly drowning at Lake Nasworthy Saturday evening.
The toddler and her parents were reportedly attending a function at the Goodfellow Recreation Camp, 1938 S. Concho Drive, when she became separated from her parents and other attendees. After the group noticed the toddler was missing, they began searching the area. Soon after the search began, one of the event’s attendees, a United States Army Firefighter, pulled the toddler from the lake and immediately began life-saving measures.
San Angelo Police and Fire Departments were notified about the incident just after 7:00 p.m. Upon arrival, Officers were directed to the shoreline where subjects were performing life-saving measures on the toddler, who was unresponsive.
SAPD Officers assumed CPR until San Angelo Fire Department Medics arrived. The toddler was transported by ambulance to San Angelo Community Medical Center for initial assessment and later flown to Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas where she was admitted to the facility’s intensive care unit.
The Department’s Lake Division and Criminal Investigations Division responded. This investigation is ongoing.
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September 28, 2017 — Two Louisiana fugitives wanted in connection with the brutal murder of an 82-year-old Louisiana woman were apprehended in San Angelo early this morning.
Just before 2:00 a.m., Officials with DPS Texas Rangers contacted San Angelo Police about the two murder suspects, who were believed to be enroute to San Angelo driving a stolen gold-colored 2005 Honda Accord that belonged to the murder victim.
A short time later, members of the Department’s Patrol Division and K-9 Unit met with members of the Tom Green County Sheriff’s Department, Texas Rangers, and U.S. Marshals Service in an effort to apprehend Roy Jemane Narcisse, 25, of Alexandria, and Kiana Deraneka Williams, 25, of Ville Platte, Louisiana.
The apprehension team located the vehicle, which was occupied by Narcisse and Williams, in the parking lot of the Quality Inn, 4613 S. Jackson Street. Narcisse was treated at the scene by San Angelo Fire Department Medics for minor cuts to his arms, which he received during his extraction from the vehicle. The pair was booked into the Tom Green County Jail for their respective warrants for Fugitive from Justice-Murder.
The pair is accused in the stabbing death of Kathleen Cates at her residence in Shreveport, Louisiana on September 26, 2017. Their warrants were issued by the Shreveport Police Department, Louisiana.
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