{"id":247328,"date":"2026-04-13T09:32:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/247328\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T09:32:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:32:27","slug":"man-led-deputies-on-chase-through-montgomery-county-before-crashing-into-bush-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/247328\/","title":{"rendered":"Man led deputies on chase through Montgomery County before crashing into Bush Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-17.png\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article    <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas &#8211; The Montgomery County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said a man led deputies on a chase through the county before crashing into Houston&#8217;s Bush Airport on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Deputies were conducting a fugitive investigation in the area of FM 1485 and FM 2090 when they saw a man leaving the area on a motorcycle. The man was later identified as 46-year-old Michael Vandeberghe.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Deputies attempted to stop Vandeberghe, but he drove away, leading deputies on a chase that ultimately ended with Vandeberghe crashing his motorcycle into the international terminal of Bush Intercontinental Airport.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">&#8220;The crash occurred at a relatively low speed, and damage to airport property was limited to an exterior A\/C unit,&#8221; the sheriff&#8217;s office said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Vandeberghe was taken into custody without further incident on charges of evading arrest and possession of a controlled substance. He was also served with two previous warrants for theft and child neglect.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Vandeberghe was being held in the Montgomery County Jail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this article comes from the Montgomery County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/montgomery-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Montgomery County<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/organization\/texas-dps\/mcso\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Montgomery County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/top-stories\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top Stories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas &#8211; The Montgomery County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said a man led deputies on a chase&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1046,56,58,57,56874,7054,223,1827,2785,2053,216,393],"class_list":{"0":"post-247328","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-crime-publicsafety","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-houston-headlines","11":"tag-houston-news","12":"tag-mcso","13":"tag-montgomery-county","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-organization","16":"tag-texas-dps","17":"tag-top-stories","18":"tag-tx","19":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}