LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - An attempted traffic stop over the weekend ended with a crash near a local utility building.

Deputies with the Webb County Sheriff’s Office tried pulling over a vehicle in Rio Bravo, but instead of stopping, the driver sped up.

Due to the potential risk to the public, deputies did not engage.

The vehicle continued speeding until it crashed into the gate of the Webb County Water Treatment Facility.

A search of the area found ten undocumented immigrants, who were turned over to Border Patrol for processing.

The driver was not found and the case remains under investigation.

LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A man wanted in California is caught here in Webb County.

Authorities out of the Golden State contacted Laredo police saying they had tracked 51-year-old Robert Alan Gibbs to the Gateway City.

He was found inside his trailer at a tractor-trailer wash stop 13 miles north of Laredo.

Gibbs reportedly barricaded himself in his vehicle when approached by police, but he eventually surrendered.

We’re told he was wanted for allegedly making several concerning threats.

Laredo Police Department Inv. Joe Baeza said, “He was making a direct threat to shoot officers and also carry some “Columbine-style” type of shooting, rather disturbing threats he was doing as alleged in the report from California. At the same time, our officers did a very good job isolating the threat, and potential threat and de-escalating the situation where he turned himself in.”

Gibbs will remain at the Webb County jail for a few weeks, before being extradited back to California.

LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - “Las Maqunitas de Falcon” was raided Friday, September 22nd, by the Zapata County Sheriff’s Office with help from the Texas Department of Public Safety and U.S. Border Patrol.

The Zapata County Sheriff’s Office says this is to combat the illegal gambling activity within the community.

Officers entered the location at 5083 Highway 83 and confiscated money and gambling machines in the search.

The agency urges the community members to call the sheriff’s office or the Zapata Crime Stoppers if they see illegal activity.

The anonymous tip line can be reached at 956-765-TIPS.

LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The man who was nearly Laredo’s chief of police finds himself behind bars.

Former Pharr police chief, and first choice to lead the Laredo Police Department by the City Manager, Andrew Harvey was arrested on Sunday.

According to KVEO in the Valley, Harvey was charged with resisting arrest and silent abusive call/electric communication to a 911 service. Hildago County records say authorities were called at 10:30pm Saturday about abusive calls to 911.

Officers reportedly approached a man, identified as Harvey, and arrested him for those alleged calls.

The case is under investigation.

Harvey had been in the running in Laredo to fill the vacated position of Police Chief. He had been selected by City Manager Joseph Neeb, but City Council rejected the choice and instead selected Miguel Rodriguez, who was sworn in on Friday, September 22nd.

LAREDO, TX. (KGNS) - A man is detained after he allegedly barricaded himself inside a tractor trailer Saturday morning for less than an hour.

The Laredo Police Department responded to a wanted person call at the 1000 block of Beltway Parkway.

It happened at around 11 a.m. Saturday morning when police found the man inside the tractor trailer who identified himself as Robert Alan Gibbs.

SWAT operators and LPD Negotiators spoke with the man and after 20 minutes of negotiating, he was arrested without incident.

Authorities say Gibbs had pending warrants with public order crime threats.

He was turned over to the Webb County Jail on a million dollar bond.