The sheriff's office shared photos of a person of interest in the incidents and a photo of a silver Ford Fusion.
A man accused of sexually assaulting a woman at an Austin-area senior living and memory care facility in March 2022 was given probation, according to Travis County court documents.
An Abilene couple accused of starving a toddler for years before locking him in a freezing bathroom, causing him to die of hypothermia, has been arrested.
Austin Police Department detectives are asking for the public's help finding leads in an aggravated assault that left a woman in her 60s injured earlier this year.
A Manor man arrested in July 2023 was convicted by a federal jury Wednesday on four counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Ju...
https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/manor-man-convicted-on-wire-fraud-money-laundering-charges/
A FOX 7 photojournalist was released from jail Thursday -- one of dozens of people arrested during a pro-Palestine protest at the University of Texas at Austin -- accused of "criminal trespassing...
An Austin businessman who was arrested after he was accused of setting multiple fires was charged with multiple counts of first degree arson, the Austin Fire Department said in a news release Wed...
Austin Police arrested a man they say was involved in a shooting earlier this week that left one person dead and another seriously injured.
The do-not-hire search engine would pull thousands of disciplinary records from four state agencies, but we found lawmakers did not appropriate enough funding to complete it, and critical informa...
The family of an unhoused man who a San Marcos Police Officer killed will hold a vigil Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at San Marcos City Hall. In a press release sent Tuesday, the family asked for greater...
According to an APD source and Asencio's attorney, he resigned from APD after his arrest and is currently no longer with the department.
Over the weekend, the Williamson County Sheriff's Office arrested three people and seized what it called a "significant amount" of suspected illegal drugs, weapons, and paraphernalia associated w...
Currently, arrestees in Travis County don't always have an attorney with them at their first court appearance.
https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/travis-county-test-runs-counsel-at-first-appearance/
Two of three people were arrested in connection to a homicide that happened in Lee County back in March, the Lee County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/two-arrested-one-at-large-in-connection-to-lee-county-homicide/
The Austin Police Department is investigating a homicide that happened in northwest Austin on Monday.
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/apd-investigating-homicide-in-northwest-austin-2/
Fifty bars in have joined a new city pilot program aimed at keeping safe while going out in Austin's entertainment districts.
https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/sip-safely-pilot-gives-austin-bars-drink-spiking-test-strips/
The Austin Police Department arrested and charged a semitruck driver with a DWI after the driver reportedly hit 10 parked vehicles overnight in east Austin.
A suspect in the case of two missing Kansas women admitted responsibility for their deaths, according to court documents newly obtained by Nexstar's KSN.
A petition filed in the 455th Travis County District Court on Apr. 8. calling for the removal of Travis County District Attorney, Jose Garza, was granted this afternoon by Dib Waldrip, the 433rd ...
https://www.kxan.com/investigations/petition-to-remove-travis-county-da-jose-garza-granted/
The Travis County District Attorney’s office chose not to file charges against a man accused of murder, according to court documents dated April 4.
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/da-no-charges-filed-against-man-accused-of-murder/
The Austin Police Department said officers were carrying out a warrant in the 2300 block of Wirtz Avenue Thursday when an unrelated shooting happened around 1:48 p.m. in the area.
Law enforcement, prosecutors and elected officials keep pointing to the creation of a diversion center as a solution to address crime related to mental health and homelessness.
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/whats-needed-to-make-a-diversion-center-successful/
The Austin Police Department is piloting a program where some police officers are drawing blood from people suspected of driving under the influence instead of emergency medical technicians or nu...
A man was sentenced April 9 on two charges in connection with a 2020 Del Valle homicide investigation.
https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/man-sentenced-in-connection-with-del-valle-homicide/
The Austin Police Department is investigating a shooting reported in east Austin on Wednesday.
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/apd-investigating-shooting-in-east-austin/
The University of Texas at Austin Police Department is searching for a man they say exposed himself and touched someone before leaving the campus on Wednesday.
Two people were charged and arrest warrants were issued in connection with fentanyl overdose deaths that occurred in September and December of 2023, according to Travis County court documents.
"Pretty much any time there's a death in Austin outside, the homicide unit will respond to that," Sgt. Nathan Sexton with the Austin Police Department's (APD) homicide unit said.
Jacovi Sattiewhite pleaded guilty to murder in February.
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/man-sentenced-to-18-years-for-2021-murder-in-austin/
Holding his mother’s hand, 37-year-old Laison Crenshaw walked into Dell Seton Medical Center seeking mental health treatment on Feb. 21. He was physically healthy, but after the onset of a ment...
People who live near Shiloh Drive off of Menchaca Rd in south Austin saw what they counted as 11 dead dogs in Boggy Creek.
https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/neighbors-say-dead-dogs-found-in-creek-police-investigating/
The Austin Police Department (APD) has received reports of tire slashing in the Goodnight Ranch neighborhood.
A woman with multiple active warrants was suspected of posing as a rideshare driver and drugging men near Austin’s downtown entertainment district before robbing them, according to Travis Count...
The Austin Police Department said an arrest was made in a deadly shooting at a north Austin apartment complex.
The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a call regarding a robbery involving a vehicle theft in Leander early Wednesday.
https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/wcso-leander-carjacking-leads-to-pursuit/
Raul Meza, a convicted 1980s murderer currently facing two additional murder charges the 2019 death of Gloria Lofton and the 2023 death of Jesse Fraga, has a court hearing Thursday.
APD said it happened in the 6600 block of West William Cannon Drive, which is near Vega Avenue.
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/apd-responding-to-officer-shooting-in-southwest-austin/
People in Kyle, Texas can now file police reports online.
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/hays/kyle/kyle-residents-can-now-file-police-reports-online/
According to Travis County court documents, a man was sentenced March 19 after pleading guilty to tampering with evidence with intent to impair—a third-degree felony.
https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/man-receives-5-year-sentence-after-pleading-guilty-to-2022-offense/
Cedar Park's major crimes unit is investigating the deadly shooting.
The two-hour broadcast will include fresh courtroom evidence, a police interview with a key witness and an exclusive interview with the killer's plastic surgeon, who was unaware of the murderer's...
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/murder-of-professional-cyclist-moriah-wilson-on-dateline/
A YMCA teacher who worked in a Pflugerville Independent School District day care program was accused of injury to a child following multiple incidents that were captured on surveillance footage, ...
An Austin man was sentenced to serve 16 years in prison in connection with a fatal smuggling attempt.
https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/doj-austin-man-sentenced-in-fatal-smuggling-attempt/
The murder of champion cyclist Moriah Wilson shocked Austin nearly two months ago. Her death would only start a bizarre hunt for Kaitlin Armstrong, taking law enforcement to Central America.
https://www.kxan.com/news/nbc-dateline-to-showcase-brand-new-evidence-in-murder-of-moriah-wilson/
The Austin Police Department said it was searching for a man in connection with a hit-and-run in north Austin.
https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/apd-searches-for-fm-1825-hit-and-run-suspect/
A preschool teacher injured when a concrete pump truck careened into a Hays County school bus nearly two weeks ago -- killing a five-year-old and a University of Texas doctoral student -- accuses...
The Austin Police Department has closed its internal investigation into the handling of a DNA in a murder case involving Raul Meza, a man who investigators have called a potential "serial killer....
A man was convicted and sentenced March 19 after pleading guilty to murder in connection with a June 2022 offense, according to Williamson County court documents.
https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/judge-gives-man-45-years-for-murder-aggravated-assault-charges/
U.S. Customs and Border Protection arrested a man who was wanted in North Texas on a warrant for sexual assault of a child, authorities announced.