Fabian Soto, 25, of Post was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Thursday.
Soto was arrested in May of 2015 for attempted capital murder of a police officer. He pleaded guilty Thursday to a lesser charge of aggravated assault on a public servant. He also pleaded guilty to drug possession and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Back in 2015, police were looking for Soto’s because he was wanted for felony drug charges. Officers cornered his pickup truck in a parking lot in the 4400 block of Marsha Sharp Freeway. Police said Soto used the truck to intentionally crash into a police unit. The officer in the unit was not hurt.
Police at the time said, “The officers fired on the suspect and the suspect vehicle to protect themselves and prevent the escape of a known felon…”
“The suspect was struck one time in the left arm and was transported to UMC where he was treated and released,” police also said.
From UMC, he was then taken to the Lubbock County Detention Center where he has been held ever since.
In a separate case last year, Soto was sentenced to 14-and-a-half years in federal prison. In the federal case, he admitted to drug-related charges, specifically methamphetamine. He will serve the state and federal sentences at the same time (not consecutively).
