Manhunt for Red River County man ends with capture in DeKalb

A weekend-long, multi-agency search for a Red River County man wanted for felony probation violation ended Sunday afternoon in DeKalb.

The search for Chad Hernandez, 34, of Avery, ended after three days in DeKalb when Precinct 2 Constable and DeKalb Independent School District Chief Chad Ford spotted the fugitive hiding near a local business.

“By happenstance I was washing my truck at the car wash and I happened to see him walking between the dollar store and the car wash. So I called it in,” Ford said. “Then he was crouched down behind the ac unit at the dollar store. When he saw us closing in, he took off running. After a three mile foot chase, we caught up to him.”