Video courtesy of KHOU
A Houston father whose college-student son went missing over spring break is furious about where he turned up: in the Clute jail for speeding.
KHOU talked to Jack Henry, whose son, Michael, is a sophomore at Texas A&M and was on his way to visit friends when he was pulled over March 17:
The posted speed limit is 45 MPH. Henry was going 88 MPH. Instead of writing Henry a ticket, the officer arrested him and booked him into the Clute jail for speeding.
In the state of Texas, you can’t arrest a driver for speeding, unless other charges accompany it. Henry spent 24 hours behind bars. All the while, his parents thought he had gone missing after his friends called the couple wondering why their son never showed up . . .
The Clute police department is investigating the officer’s claim that he was performing his job as trained and is trying to find out if local police ever saw the missing-person notification that went out to most law enforcement agencies in the area.