Po-po say the whereabouts of the tiger is unknown, but they were able to take into custody Victor Hugo Cuevas, who is the man believed seen fleeing with the tiger from a west Houston neighborhood on Sunday evening.
Cuevas was arrested yesterday in Richmond at the home of his parents. The tiger was not with him at the time of his arrest.
Cuevas was out on bond for a July 2017 murder charge in Fort Bend County and he’s had that bond revoked four time only for him to be freed again.
He was caught with a firearm while out on bond yet the bond was reinstated, so he was freed.
The Houston Chronicle reports:
"He was accused of fatally shooting Osiekhuemen Omobhude outside a popular sushi restaurant in 2017.
Cuevas has repeatedly maintained his innocence, stating in court documents that he shot the victim in self-defense after Omobhude pointed a gun at him.
According to witnesses, two men on motorcycles approached Omobhude in July 2017 as he was getting in his vehicle in the restaurant's parking lot. Witnesses said they heard shots fired, and that two assailants then covered their faces with masks and drove off. Omobhude later died from his injuries.
Cuevas was arrested that month and posted a bond of $125,000. Since then, his bond has been revoked at least four times for repeated violations of his release conditions, including a failure to charge his GPS ankle monitor and remain in Fort Bend, records say.
Despite orders to stay away from weapons and ammunition, he traveled on New Years Eve 2017 to a shooting range in Katy, records say. In November 2020, while he was still out on bond, he led Sealy police officers on a chase while driving a four-wheeler on a public roadway, according to court records. He was arrested after the vehicle got stuck in mud, records say.
His bond was reset after each revocation, records show. His bond most recently was set at $125,000, which he posted in December...
Fort Bend County prosecutors have filed a motion to revoke his bond again. He is due back in court on July 12."
Crimestoppers Andy Kahan says “Considering Tiger Beat has had his bond revoked at least 4 times on the Murder charge only to have the Court reinstate his bond time and time again I’m betting Tiger Lilly will be back out before you can say Shere Khan.”