Arrest Made In Hit-And-Run That Left Travis County Deputy Injured

TRAVIS COUNTY, TX — Law enforcement officials on Friday arrested a suspect in connection to a hit-and-run incident that left a Travis County sheriff's deputy injured last month, officials said.

Members of the U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force arrested Jonathan Watts before booking him at the Travis County Jail on a charge of aggravated assault of a peace officer, the Travis County Sheriff's Department said in a prepared statement. Bail has been set at $100,000, officials added.

Officials said the suspect was involved in the Oct. 20 incident that left a deputy injured. Before the arrest, sheriff's officials had identified Watts as the suspect before impounding his vehicle. In a previous advisory, the car was described as a silver Lexus ES 350.

Previous coverage:

• Travis County Sheriff's Office Seek Driver Who Struck Deputy
• Car Impounded After Travis County Sheriff's Deputy Struck

Three deputies from the Travis County Sheriff's Office motors unit were conducting traffic enforcement in a school zone on McNeil Drive last month when one of them stepped into an empty lane of travel to stop a vehicle traveling in the other lane, officials wrote in a previous advisory. The vehicle swerved and hit the deputy, officials said.

While the deputy was not on his motorcycle at the time, officials noted, he was still wearing his helmet. The deputy was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and has since been released, officials said.