14-year-old saves mother from alleged home intruder who held her at gunpoint and demanded sex acts

SPRING, Texas (KTRK) -- A 14-year-old saved her mother from an armed man accused of holding the woman at gunpoint at her Spring home and demanding that she perform sexual acts.

It was 6:50 a.m. on Tuesday when the woman was about to leave for work from her home in the 23000 block of Blodgett Peak Trail, and deputies say Jeremy Wright walked into the victim's open garage.

Deputies say Wright demanded money from her, but when she told him she didn't have any, he insisted that she perform sexual acts on him while he held her at gunpoint.

Meanwhile, the teen called deputies, who Constable Mark Herman said arrived within three minutes and arrested him.

"This particular deputy, when he got the call, he was like three blocks away from there, and he literally drove up, and the guy was still in the garage with the female," Herman said.

In speaking with the suspect, Harris County investigators said Wright told them he was dropped off outside the woman's home.

"He just found an opportunity and acted upon it," Sgt. Charlotte Webster, with the domestic violence and sexual assault unit for the Harris County Sheriff's Office, said

The woman was taken to the hospital for evaluation.

"She may not have any physical injuries, but the mental anguish not only on the victim - the mother, but the daughter, it will never go away," Herman said.

An ABC13 crew was on the scene when investigators processed the gun used by the suspect during the crime. They said the gun was not registered to Wright.

Sgt. Webster said Wright does not have any prior charges as an adult but does have a juvenile record.

Wright's exact charges are pending.

In the past year, ABC13 has covered two homicides in the Breckenridge Forest neighborhood unrelated to Tuesday's events.

An 18-year-old was killed outside a home directly across the street from Tuesday's scene. Daniel Hines, 21, was arrested for shooting and killing 18-year-old Curtis Mobley in September 2022.

Months prior, Jamyrion Williams, 18, was arrested for killing a man and wounding another following a fight in July. That happened near the entrance of the neighborhood. Court records show Williams listed as living at the address of the September shooting.

"I can just tell you that Harris County, in general, is a haven for crime," Herman said. "That is due to some of the failed policies over the past couple of years. We have more criminals on the street now than ever. They're out committing crimes, and they're getting out of jail for little or nothing."

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