2017-04-05

Two arrested in north Amarillo for felony warrants

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The Amarillo Police Department’s SWAT unit was called to a house in north Amarillo on Tuesday evening to assist in the arrest two people with felony warrants.
At approximately 3:30 p.m. officers fr…

The Amarillo Police Department’s SWAT unit was called to a house in north Amarillo on Tuesday evening to assist in the arrest two people with felony warrants.

At approximately 3:30 p.m. officers from APD’s Proactive Criminal Enforcement Unit received word on two people with felony warrants at a home in the 1300 block of North Harrison Street.

Logan Bailey Lawrence and Carlos Rene Perez, both 28, were the felons in question and they were believed to be inside the house. When officers arrived on the scene, APD reports they saw Lawrence, Perez and two other men run inside the residence.

Officers attempted to make contact but Lawrence and Perez would not leave the house. Information received by officers led them to believe one subject may have been armed with a gun.

Just before 5 p.m. APD’s SWAT team and negotiators were called the scene, and by 6:15 p.m. police said Lawrence, Perez and the two other men exited the house.

Lawrence had been wanted for a parole violation warrant for dangerous drugs, as well as a bond forfeiture out of Potter County for dangerous drugs. Perez had a parole violation warrant for dangerous drugs.

Both were booked in the Potter County Detention Center, and the two other men were released at the scene.

SWAT Situation on the 1300 block of North Harrison

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SWAT Situation on the 1300 block of North Harrison.

Two people are arrested after a short SWAT standoff.

It happened Tuesday at around 3:30 p.m.

Amarillo police officers went to serve two non-felony warrants on the 1300 block of North Harrison St., when they saw Logan Bailey Lawrence, 28, and Carlos Rene Perez, 28, and two other men run into the residence. Officers tried to make contact, but Lawrence and Perez refused to come out.

Police believed that one of the suspects may have been armed.

At 4:58 p.m. APD SWAT team and negotiators were called to the scene. Lawrence, Perez and the other two men came out of the residence without incident.

Lawrence had a Parole Violation Warrant for Dangerous Drugs and a Bond Forfeiture warrant for Dangerous Drugs out of Potter County. Perez had a Parole Violation Warrant for Dangerous Drugs. Lawrence and Perez were booked into the Potter County Detention Center. The other two males were released at the scene.