The Marble Falls Police Department has officially issued warrants for, and is working on apprehending, John Paul New, 46, of Leander for his alleged involvement in multiple major motor vehicle accidents on Nov. 19 in Marble Falls.

New is the primary suspect in a spree of collisions on U.S. 281 that put him in the hospital along with a three-year-old child that was in another vehicle damaged in the incident. He was officially charged on Monday, Dec. 1, with four counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, each being a second-degree felony that comes with two to 20 years in prison and up to $10,000 in fines.

Law enforcement had not yet arrested New as of Tuesday, Dec. 2.

The MFPD is also looking at a driving while intoxicated charge pending the results of a blood test, but that s

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