ASHEBORO, NC – On Saturday, sheriff's deputies arrested Manuel Jesus Robles, 32, following a multi-county high-speed pursuit involving Davidson and Rowan Counties sheriff's deputies, High Point police officers and the North Carolina Highway Patrol.
The ordeal began when Robles reportedly abducted a woman on Coleridge Road in Asheboro, forcing the 31-year-old victim into her own vehicle at gunpoint.
Deputies tried to perform a traffic stop on Robles, who was traveling at a high rate of speed. He not only failed to stop, but began firing shots at sheriff's and police vehicles, hitting several during the chase, according to court documents.
The illegal alien eventually crashed the stolen vehicle, and fled on foot. He was soon taken into custody.
Fortunately, the woman was unharmed.
Robles was charged with felony first-degree kidnapping, two counts of misdemeanor assault by pointing a gun, misdemeanor communicating threats, misdemeanor injury to personal property, felony attempted murder, felony possession of a stolen motor vehicle, two counts of felony discharge firearm enclosure, four counts of felony assault with a deadly weapon on a government official, felony discharge weapon into moving vehicle, felony flee to elude arrest with a motor vehicle, felony possession of a firearm by a felon, misdemeanor assault by pointing a gun, misdemeanor resisting a public officer, two counts of misdemeanor injury to personal property, misdemeanor assault on a law enforcement agent/assistance/search/rescue animal, reckless driving to endanger and speeding.
He is currently being held at the Randolph County Jail on $2,765,000 bail.
