Trackdown: Suspect Curtis Smoak captured
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas - UPDATE: FOX 4’s Trackdown got some quick results.
A White Settlement suspect profiled on FOX 4 News at 5:30 p.m. was captured before 6 p.m.
A tip came in about the location of suspect Curtis Smoak, and police picked him up.
Curtis Smoak (White Settlement Police Department)
Police say on New Year's Eve around midnight, Smoak barged into a random apartment armed with a knife and confronted a couple. He eventually left, and the victims were not hurt.
Smoak is now charged with a felony.
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ORIGINAL STORY: In this week's Trackdown, White Settlement police are trying to find a man who entered a stranger's apartment on New Year's Eve armed with a knife.
Police say the man has been identified as Curtis Smoak.
"He goes to a victim's apartment, doesn't even know who the victim is, enters the apartment with a knife and confronts the victim saying, ‘Hey, where is my wife?’" explained White Settlement Police Chief Christopher Cook.
Surveillance footage from the apartment complex shows Smoak with his dog walking up to the apartment and looking into the window before entering the apartment with the knife just before midnight.
Police say the victim's husband began to yell at Smoak, and he ran out of the apartment.
"We know who he is. This is a second degree felony, intent to enter a private residence to commit another offense, and so we definitely want to get him into custody," said Chief Cook.
White Settlement police say the door to the apartment was unlocked at the time.
"We know that somebody knows Mr. Smoak, just give us the tip, and we will go pick him up and then hold him accountable for this offense," said Chief Cook.
If you know Curtis Smoak's whereabouts, you can call 817-246-4973 or email wspd@wspd.us.