Passenger stole Uber driver's car at gunpoint in Royse City, led officers on chase, police say
Cory Redic
ROYSE CITY, Texas - A 20-year-old man has been arrested after he allegedly stole his Uber driver's car and led police on a chase in Hunt and Rockwall counties.
Cory Redic, 20, is facing multiple charges in connection to the chase and robbery.
A female Uber driver called Royse City police on Wednesday night, saying that her passenger had stolen her car.
The woman told officers that she picked up a man, later identified as Redic, at a business in Addison and drove him to the Verandah subdivision in Hunt County.
When they arrived, Redic allegedly pulled out a gun, put it to her head and demanded money.
He took the woman's phone, told her to get out of the vehicle and drove away in her 2020 Hyundai Tucson.
The woman was then able to flag down another driver and called 911.
Shortly after, the Fate Department of Public Safety saw the SUV on Highway 66 and tried to pull it over.
Police say Redic refused to stop, leading officers on a chase into Rockwall and Rowlett.
The chase ended when a Fate DPS officer used a PIT maneuver to stop the suspect near Miller Road and the service road of the President George Bush Turnpike.
Redic then tried to run from the scene, but was arrested.
A Texas DPS helicopter and a K-9 unit from Rockwall County Sheriff's Office helped in the arrest.
Redic, who lives in Hunt County, is currently in the Rockwall County Jail.
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