Updated: Jasper County and US Marshal Task Force has captured wanted fugitive following pursuit

29-year-old Steven Earle captured following pursuit in Kirbyville

37-year-old Cheryl Wilson

Updated information:

Deputies located 57.6 grams of meth, 5.7 grams of Xanax and 4.3 grams of marijuana that was thrown from the vehicle during the pursuit. They were both brought to the Jasper County Jail.

Kirbyville, Tx. On February 25, 2025, at approximately 9:05 a.m., deputies with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office and the US Marshal Task Force were working an operation trying to locate wanted fugitive Steven Wade Earle, 29, of Kirbyville. A Jasper County Sheriff’s deputy located the suspected vehicle he had been seen in on FM 363 and attempted to initiate a traffic stop. The vehicle failed to stop and a pursuit ensued. Deputies pursued the vehicle up 96 north for a short distance and onto County Road 317. The pursuit ended when the vehicle came upon a bridge that was out of service. The suspects bailed out of the vehicle and a foot pursuit ensued. The deputies captured them and identified him as Mr.Earle and a female passenger was identified as Cheryl Wilson, 37, of Kirbyville. Mr. Earl was wanted on a Parole Violation warrant and a MTRP warrant for Possesion of a Controlled Substance. Ms. Wilson will be charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance. Additionally, Mr. Earle will be charged with at least two additional felonies as a result of the pursuit this morning. They were both brought to the Jasper County Jail.

I want to commend our deputies and the US Marshal task force for their diligence in capturing these two. Mr.Earle and Ms.Wilson have been a constant problem in Jasper County and the Jasper County Jail is right where they belong. Both are innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.

We are committed to fighting drugs and criminal activity in our county.

Sheriff Chuck Havard