Shoplifting Arrest In Spring Nets Mississippi Fugitive

SPRING, TX — A Mississippi man who was a fugitive in a triple murder, was arrested in Spring on Wednesday, Dec. 13.

Harris County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to a Walmart store, located in the 3400 block of FM 1960 W, after loss prevention officers detained two men for shoplifting.

Neither of the two men were carrying any identification, so deputies used a mobile automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS) to help identify both suspects.

The AFIS system identified one of the men as Antoine Adams, and deputies were alerted to the numerous murder charges and felony escape charge from Mississippi.

Deputies learned that Adams had escaped from the Marshall County, Miss., detention facility on Nov. 5, after being held there on murder charges in Mississippi, and two separate murder charges in Memphis, Tenn.

Adams is subsequently listed on the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Top 10 Most Wanted fugitives.

Meanwhile, the second shoplifting suspect was identified as Freddie Reimonenq, 31, and was taken into custody after giving deputies a false name.

This mobile AFIS device is one of was one of five recently donated to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office by the Northwest Chamber Of Commerce to help deputies quickly identify suspects in the field.

“This arrest of a dangerous murder fugitive shows the value of the strong community support we receive from partners such as the Northwest Chamber of Commerce,” said Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.

Adams is currently awaiting extradition back to Marshall County.

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