{"id":1009962,"date":"2026-08-19T03:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T03:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1009962\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T03:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T03:16:12","slug":"facebook-marketplace-post-leads-to-recovery-of-eight-stolen-tailgates-two-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1009962\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Marketplace Post Leads to Recovery of Eight Stolen Tailgates, Two Arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"><strong>HARRIS COUNTY, Texas<\/strong> \u2013 On Friday, deputies with Constable Mark Herman\u2019s Office responded to a call for a stolen tailgate on 1960 Road West in northwest Harris County. The victim told deputies he recognized the tailgate in a Facebook Marketplace post and arranged to meet the seller.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Deputies met the seller, identified as Carl Thomas, at the designated location. They say Thomas attempted to run off but was quickly apprehended after deputies deployed a Taser. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">A second man, identified as Cornelius Hawkins, was also detained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Investigators later executed a search warrant and recovered the victim\u2019s tailgate, along with seven additional stolen tailgates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Thomas was booked into the Harris County Jail on outstanding warrants and a theft charge. His bond on the theft charge was set at $5,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Hawkins was also charged with theft, and his bond was set at $100.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The Constable\u2019s Office urges residents not to confront suspected thieves and to report stolen property being offered for sale online.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRIS COUNTY, Texas \u2013 On Friday, deputies with Constable Mark Herman\u2019s Office responded to a call for a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1009963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[12424,11307,160503,6386,4345,137774,39409,320703,47438,404415,358,3187],"class_list":["post-1009962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-arrest","tag-arrests","tag-constable","tag-harris-county","tag-houston","tag-mark-herman","tag-northwest","tag-precinct-4","tag-stolen","tag-tailgates","tag-texas","tag-tx"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117120007588569724","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1009962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1009963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1009962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1009962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1009962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}