Man arrested after Houston tiger seen on lawn, but whereabouts of animal not known

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A man who fled with a tiger in Houston and led officers on a chase has been arrested, police say.

on a Houston lawn and led officers on a chase was arrested Monday evening.

Earlier Monday, police Commander Ron Borza said that when police responded to reports about the animal, its owner"put the tiger in a white SUV and drove off."Victor Hugo Cuevas, 26, was charged with felony evading arrest, and Monday night police said he was in custody. "They're trying to connect the dots and say that because he's the one who caught it, he must be the one who owns it and who is responsible for it," Elliott said.Cuevas is free on bond in a murder case filed in 2017 in neighboring Fort Bend County. Elliott said the incident was a shooting outside a restaurant and that Cuevas was acting in self-defense.

After the tiger was spotted in the neighborhood Sunday, an off-duty sheriff's deputy confronted the owner who took the animal and led back it inside the house, Borza said.A neighbor told the station that the man said to not shoot the tiger, which was his, and that he kissed the tiger on the head and led it inside by its collar.

 

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A man who fled with a Tiger

Gotta hear both sides

Now release the tiger into the wild

That is one badly written article. I think all I understand is there is a tiger.

A Boy, and His Tiger...

Now we got a City or the state of Texas in dangerous situation! Hell, no telling where that tiger is! That's animal can travel for miles.🕊️💎🐦

Tell me you're from Houston without telling me you're from Houston. I thought Fleetwood flooded out? People still live out that way? How?

Cut into pieces and shipped to China for impotency treatment.

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