BEDIAS, Texas (KRHD) — A suspect wanted for homicide in Johnson County was arrested Monday morning in Bedias after an overnight search by the Grimes County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies said Brandon Ashley, a white man wearing black shorts and no shirt, was reported trespassing at a residence off FM 1696 Sunday night. The caller told dispatchers the man appeared to possibly be having a mental health episode and might be carrying a pistol.

Throughout the night, deputies received more reports of the suspect knocking on doors asking for a shirt and avoiding State Highway 90, telling residents there were “too many cops.”

Overnight patrols in the Bedias area were not able to find him. But just after 9 a.m. on Monday, dispatch received another call about a suspicious vehicle on private property

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