HOPE, Ark.-A Progreso, Texas, man is in custody after a standoff with police at the Interstate-30 weigh station.
Flores Reynaldo, 33, of Progreso, Texas was arrested by Arkansas State Police Thursday afternoon following a five-hour stand-off with law enforcement officers near Hope, according to an ASP news release. Reynaldo is charged with aggravated assault and is being held at the Hempstead County Detention Center. No one was injured.
State troopers were called to the Arkansas Department of Transportation weigh station along Interstate 30 in Hempstead County about 9:15 a.m. Thursday after Reynaldo barricaded himself inside the sleeper compartment of a commercial carrier tractor-trailer. Reynaldo was armed with two handguns, according to the news release.
During the weight and inspection process conducted by Arkansas Highway Police, officers learned that Reynaldo was wanted on outstanding Texas felony criminal charges. As officers attempted to take Reynaldo into custody he fled to the truck and refused to exit the vehicle, pointing a gun at one of the officers.
In addition to troopers from the Highway Patrol Division of ASP Troop G, additional troopers assigned to the state police SWAT and negotiation teams were called to the weight station.
Reynaldo surrendered to troopers about 2:15 p.m.