Dimas Gabriel Yanez previously deported illegal immigrant stabs 14 year old girl at baseball game in Lowell, Indiana as it’s thought Honduran national may have been involved in crime activity in the U.S.
A previously deported illegal immigrant from Honduras was arrested over the weekend after randomly stabbing a 14 year old teen girl at a baseball game, Indiana authorities said.
The manhunt for Dimas Gabriel Yanez, 26, began Saturday after the teen girl was stabbed in the hand with a butcher-style knife while at her brother’s baseball game in unincorporated Lowell, Indiana, just on 3.45pm, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said.
When the girl’s mother tried to help, the suspect also tried to stab the mother before fleeing, authorities said. The teen girl was treated at hospital and released.
Illegal previously deported to Honduras in 2018
Authorities recovered a knife believed to have been used in the attack and named Yanez as a person of interest, warning the public that he should be considered armed and dangerous.
It wasn’t until Sunday afternoon that Yanez was arrested following a manhunt, with the wanted man was taken into custody in the southern part of Lake County after officers spotted him running through a cornfield.
Investigators believe Yanez was in the process of trying to cut his hair to change his appearance and evade law enforcement prior to his capture.
The sheriff’s office said Yanez had previously been deported to Honduras in 2018 and ‘may have been engaged in criminal activity across the United States since returning to the country illegally.’
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security was notified of Yanez’s arrest on Sunday, the sheriff’s office said.
‘I would like to extend my most heartfelt gratitude to each and every Lake County police officer and to all law enforcement agencies working tirelessly on the investigation and search in this case,’ Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. said in a Facebook release. ‘I am proud of the level of cooperation exhibited by police officers throughout the county.’
Yanez remains in custody at the Lake County Jail. No information about what charges now Yanez faced was immediately provided.
The sheriff’s office said the investigation is ongoing and more details will be provided as they become available.
