July 12, 2022 Austin man allegedly caught with over 11 pounds of fentanyl in his car battery Austin police arrested a man last week after conducting a traffic stop and finding more than 11 pounds of fentanyl hidden inside a car battery.
July 11, 2022 Austin police arrest man who escaped from state mental hospital after being acquitted years earlier of murder A Texas man who escaped from a state mental hospital two weeks ago was located by police and arrested at a park in Austin on Sunday evening.
July 7, 2022 Austin man avoids prison time, gets 10 years of community supervision in sexual assault case Ivan Wallace, 61, was sentenced to 10 years of community supervision after pleading guilty to burglary with intent to commit sexual assault earlier this year.
July 5, 2022 Texas armed robbers shot at while trying to steal from fireworks stand Employees at a fireworks stand in Austin, Texas were fired upon by armed robbers late Monday evening but returned fire, causing the robbers to flee the stand.
July 4, 2022 Texas murder suspect Armstrong had sister’s passport in Costa Rica, ‘receipt’ for plastic surgery: report Texas love triangle murder suspect Kaitlin Armstrong had her sister's passport in Costa Rica, where she fled in May after the alleged slaying of Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson.
July 1, 2022 Kaitlin Armstrong murder suspect: police photo shows dramatic transformation Murder suspect Kaitlin Armstrong was trying to start a new life in Costa Rica after allegedly killing her romantic rival in in a Texas love triangle gone awry, U.S. Marshals said.
June 29, 2022 Austin-area woman arrested for alleged human smuggling operation, police say An Austin-area woman called police to report a burglar last week, but the man she was accusing turned out to be part of her human smuggling operation, police said.
June 28, 2022 Austin man arrested after violent crime spree, using car to push through police blockade A man in Texas went on a violent crime spree and was repeatedly let out on bail or had his charges dropped before he broke through a police barricade.
June 27, 2022 Austin, Texas officials report first presumptive monkeypox case Texas health officials reported the first presumptive case of monkeypox in an individual who had recently come into contact with another likely infection.
June 26, 2022 Austin City Council members seek decriminalization of abortion citywide in response to Texas 'trigger law' Two members of the Austin City Council are attempting to pass legislation that would decriminalize abortion citywide after the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade.