Staff report
Two people are in custody charged with burglary and other felony offenses following a residential break-in and carjacking on Fitzhugh Road on Sunday. Neither had been before a judge to set their bail as of mid-morning Monday.
Authorities were called to the scene around 2 p.m. to investigate the burglary in the 200 block of Fitzhugh Road. While on the scene, deputies with the Hays County Sheriff’s Office were alerted to a nearby carjacking and determined the two crimes were related.
Following a search that was joined by Precinct 4 constables and the Texas Highway Patrol, 37-year-old Kotie Anderson of Pflugerville was located on Wallace Street in Dripping Springs. The second suspect, 3-year-old Joshua Dickens of Lago Vista, was found in the 1300 block of U.S. 290 West.
Deputy Bruce Harlan, who prepared a news release on the incident, said a third suspect was briefly detained but released pending further investigation.
Harlan said the investigation was helped by residents who supplied tips and also the victim of the burglary, who had security camera video.
He also said Anderson is charged with aggravated robbery, a first degree felony, in connection with the carjacking. Both were charged with two counts of burglary of a habitation, a second degree felony. Dickens also faces charges of evading arrest, resisting arrest and possession of a controlled substance.
He is also being held on warrants for assault/family violence and interference with an emergency call out of Travis County.
