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According to the Houston Police Department, a suspect who was wanted concerning a fatal hit-and-run accident that occurred in June has been apprehended.
The 184th State District Court has filed murder charges against 30-year-old Jacolby Pendleton. Pendleton is now being held at the Sangamon County Jail pending extradition to Harris County; he was arrested in Springfield, Illinois on July 13.
On June 6, at about 8:25 p.m., members of the Southeast Patrol Division Crime Suppression Team noticed Pendleton, a person wanted for felony charges, getting into a black Nissan Kicks SUV. Pendleton briefly pursued uniformed officers who tried to pull him over before ending the pursuit near 3500 Rebecca Street.
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Pendleton lost control of the vehicle, sending it careening off the road, into a dumpster, and finally into the path of a 68-year-old woman named Sharon Griffin, who was strolling through an apartment complex. At the site, paramedics declared Griffin dead.
Following the collision, police saw Pendleton running away on foot. Pendleton stayed at large until his recent capture; the Harris County District Attorney’s Office had charged him with murder after the incident.
