{"id":41600,"date":"2025-11-08T23:12:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T23:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/41600\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T23:12:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T23:12:21","slug":"northeast-harris-county-driver-arrested-accused-of-speeding-wrong-way-on-sam-houston-tollway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/41600\/","title":{"rendered":"Northeast Harris County: Driver arrested, accused of speeding wrong way on Sam Houston Tollway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">HARRIS COUNTY, Texas &#8211; A man was taken into custody after authorities say they saw him speeding the wrong way on the Sam Houston Tollway.<\/p>\n<p>   Harris County: Sam Houston Tollway wrong way <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ConstableEagletonPct3\/posts\/pfbid025LxHn12j8k7z1UuLJWgbG4nB51DhKxG29PsQZcSad22GLoGiBUPq6d78vcumag5Xl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">According to Harris County Constable Sherman Eagleton<\/a>, a Precinct 3 sergeant was in the southbound lanes of the East Sam Houston Tollway when she saw a vehicle speeding in the wrong direction.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The driver was allegedly going 98 mph north in the southbound lanes and barely missed the sergeant&#8217;s vehicle.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The driver allegedly continued for about seven miles, from Generation Parkway to Mesa Drive, as deputies went after and tried to stop him.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/579321025_1386236163292208_3550887992252906059_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-0dea8073=\"\">(Photo credit: Harris County Constable Precinct 3 &#8211; Constable Sherman Eagleton) <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Constable Eagleton says the driver exited onto Mesa, made a U-turn, and went the correct way on the tollway while still speeding along the shoulder. The driver eventually stopped on Highway 90.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The driver allegedly almost caused multiple accidents, but no crashes or injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Authorities say the suspect, identified as Marcus Jackson, showed &#8220;multiple signs of intoxication.&#8221; A breathalyzer reportedly determined that Jackson was twice over the legal limit.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Records show Jackson was booked into the Harris County Jail for a DWI charge, but he has since posted his $5,000 bond.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Officials say he was also charged with evading in a motor vehicle and unlawful carry of a weapon.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">No other details are available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Harris County Constable Precinct 3 \u2014 Constable Sherman Eagleton<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/harris-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harris County<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRIS COUNTY, Texas &#8211; A man was taken into custody after authorities say they saw him speeding the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41601,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1046,405,56,58,57,223,216,393],"class_list":{"0":"post-41600","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-crime-publicsafety","9":"tag-harris-county","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-houston-headlines","12":"tag-houston-news","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-tx","15":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41600","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=41600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}