A teen is in custody, accused of fatally capturing two of his cousins outdoors his Arlington house earlier this yr.
Arlington police mentioned Friday morning the division’s fugitive unit arrested 19-year-old Julius Rollins with out incident on Tuesday in reference to the deaths of his cousins, 31-year-old Martell Brown and 21-year-old Jy’Tavious Fields.
Martell and Fields had been discovered fatally shot at about 8 p.m. on Jan. 7 within the parking zone of the Felix Apartments on the 2100 block of Cypress Club Drive on town’s east facet.
According to an arrest warrant affidavit, members of the family informed police the one cause Martell and Fields would have been on the advanced was to go to their cousin who lived on the advanced and who was on parole for aggravated theft and was required to put on an ankle monitor.
During an interview on Jan. 12, 5 days after the murders, Rollins informed police he was asleep when his cousins had been killed and did not study their deaths till the following morning. Police mentioned they seized his telephone at which level Rollins grew to become “uncooperative and belligerent.”
On Jan. 14, in line with the affidavit, police mentioned Rollins eliminated his ankle monitor and tried to depart the state. He was concerned in a crash and was arrested for unrelated expenses in addition to his parole violation warrant. Police mentioned he was additionally in possession of a second telephone, which investigators additionally seized.
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Investigators mentioned within the warrant {that a} search of the second telephone uncovered social media messages between Rollins and others “indicating he had knowledge of the homicides prior to the morning of Jan. 8.” Details about these messages weren’t launched by investigators.
Police mentioned additionally they realized Rollins was making an attempt to promote a gun, “which ballistics would later identify as being a potential make and model of the murder weapon” and that ammunition was present in Rollins’ car that matched the caliber and model discovered on the scene of the murders.
According to information within the arrest warrant, investigators additionally realized that information obtained from Rollins’ ankle monitor confirmed he was not asleep in the course of the homicides as he initially reported to the police.
Arlington Police mentioned a motive within the double murder stays unclear.
“We cannot and will not tolerate this kind of violence in our city,” mentioned Chief of Police Al Jones. “I appreciate the tremendous amount of time and effort our homicide detectives put into working this case. It’s because of their tenacity that we were able to make this arrest.”
Rollins is going through one rely of capital homicide of a number of individuals and is being held within the Tarrant County Jail on bonds totaling $205,000. He additionally faces expenses of unauthorized use of a car and failing to determine as a fugitive. It’s not clear if Rollins has obtained an lawyer.
If convicted, capital homicide within the state of Texas carries both a sentence of dying or life in jail with out the chance of parole.