Investigating officers were informed that a male subject in a White Ford F-150 truck struck a portion of a building and left the area. Officers were provided with the description of the white Ford F-150 which was located and stopped on El Indio Highway after he attempted to elude officers. The driver, 27 year-old Jacob Skylar Valdez, displayed signs of intoxication and was subsequently arrested.
Valdez was presented before a magistrate where he was formally charged with driving while intoxicated, evading arrest and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle after the vehicle involved was discovered to have been taken without the effective consent of the owner.
Valdez was remanded to the Tom Bowles Detention Center in lieu of a $ 3,500 dollar bond.
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The Eagle Pass Police Department responded to a call regarding a vehicle striking a building within the 2800 block of El Indio Highway on Thursday, March 29, at 4:51 p.m.