Lafayette County Sheriff Arrests Jason Surrett, 49, in Vehicle Theft

The Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jason Surrett, 49, of Lafayette County, after deputies located a work vehicle that had been reported stolen from a driveway in the area of County Road 321. The theft was reported on Feb. 5, and deputies located the vehicle and Surrett a short time later; the vehicle was recovered and returned to its owner.

The victim notified deputies that his work vehicle had been taken from his driveway in the County Road 321 area, prompting investigators to gather information and begin an active search for the suspect and the vehicle. Deputies located both the vehicle and Surrett a short time after the call, and the recovered vehicle was returned to the owner.

Surrett was taken into custody and transported to the Lafayette County Detention Center, where he was booked and subsequently released on a $5,000 bond. Booking records show the detention center handled intake and release, but no court date or case number has been publicly listed with the initial booking information.

Publicly available details on the arrest leave several questions unanswered: the make, model, year, color or VIN of the stolen work vehicle were not included in the account; the victim remains unnamed in public records; the exact method deputies used to locate the vehicle and Surrett was not specified. To clarify those points, official incident and charging documents from the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office, Lafayette County Detention Center booking records, and the county prosecutor’s charging paperwork would provide vehicle description, investigative methods, formal charge language and arraignment scheduling.

Unrelated incidents in the broader Lafayette area provide separate enforcement context. In a high-speed pursuit on Feb. 21 in the Lafayette, Indiana area, authorities say 32-year-old Brian Abrons stole a car near Cambridge Estates and led police on a chase reaching speeds up to 90 mph. The pursuit crossed River Road and other local corridors, stop sticks damaged two tires, and the vehicle was abandoned in White County; Abrons ran into a corn field and surrendered before a K-9 was deployed. Authorities booked Abrons into the Tippecanoe County Jail on charges including resisting law enforcement, reckless driving and leaving the scene of a wreck, and he faces a habitual-offender enhancement tied to four prior burglary felonies; victims of an attempted carjacking identified Abrons on Feb. 22.

A separate Jan. 6 incident at the Burberry Apartments Complex involved officers responding to reported gunshots around 4 a.m., stopping a black Jeep with three passengers and identifying 22-year-old Jeremy Walker as one occupant. Officers found a Glock handgun in the glovebox with a scratched and altered serial number; checks on the serial number reportedly matched a handgun that had been reported stolen on Nov. 26, 2025. Police say Walker had gone to the complex after two juveniles allegedly stole his handgun.

At this stage, charging documents, case numbers and arraignment dates tied to the Surrett arrest have not been released publicly. Records requests to the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office and Lafayette County Detention Center can confirm the formal charge language, court scheduling and vehicle details, and the county prosecutor’s office can confirm whether additional charges will be filed. The sheriff’s office is the investigative agency listed in the initial account, and the detention center handled booking and release on the $5,000 bond.