@AustinJustice Austin JusticeAustin Justice posts on X about austin, murder, jos, caught the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.
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"AUSTIN WOMAN walks into an East Austin smoke shop grabs a blind man's walking stick and swings it at him. When it misses she seizes his dreadlocks with both hands and won't let go until a bystander tackles her to the ground. That was Clinisha Henderson's second attack on Smoking Burnouts in five weeks. Four weeks later she came back and trashed it a third time. Three attacks since Thanksgiving. Nearly $30000 in damage. An officer assaulted. After the second attack: Felony criminal mischief charge dropped - no charges filed Bond on the blind man assault set at $1 "No new arrests" condition"
X Link 2026-02-05T16:25Z 11.3K followers, 78.3K engagements
"AUSTIN MAN rapes his niece in her sleep. Grandmother catches him fleeing the room naked DNA evidence is collected Child Abuse Unit handles the case -- and prosecutors drop both felony charges and let him plead to a misdemeanor. Christian Funez [--] is an illegal immigrant from Honduras. He was charged with two counts of sexual assault a second-degree felony carrying 2-20 years in prison each. The victim told deputies she went to sleep and woke up to Funez on top of her. She hit on the wall to alert family but no one heard. Her grandmother eventually opened the door and saw Funez running out"
X Link 2026-02-14T21:10Z 11.3K followers, 1.2M engagements
"AUSTIN TX A Tren de Aragua gang member was arrested by ICE. He was previously convicted of smuggling firearms out of the U.S. For context: Tren de Aragua was born in a Venezuelan prison so corrupt it had nightclubs swimming pools and a private zoo for criminals. Theyve since spread across the Americas leaving a trail of horrorforcing women into sex slavery murdering those who try to escape dismembering victims as warnings and even assassinating political dissidents on foreign soil. Now theyre in cities like Austin. ICE is protecting Austin's Latino communities from violent criminals. Anti-ICE"
X Link 2025-02-19T02:03Z 11.3K followers, 27.6K engagements
"DA Garza blamed everyonehis staff the judgefor letting a murderer go free through reduced bail. Who does he blame for this:"
X Link 2025-02-20T05:05Z 11.3K followers, 10.8K engagements
"AUSTIN MAN arrested with enough meth to kill hundreds of people his 24th charge in Travis County. Gilbert Barron has never been to prison for drugs despite repeat meth cocaine and heroin arrests. In [----] he stole a car and got busted with [--] felony drug charges. Result: All charges declined by prosectors. They gave him a plea bargain resulting in probation. Then three more meth more arrests leading to merely a year in state jail. Not long after hes released hes caught with a large stash of meth to deal. Since [----] Barron faced potential sentences totaling 150+ years across felony drug charges"
X Link 2025-10-01T02:46Z 11.3K followers, 13.7K engagements
"AUSTIN MAN hurls a 5-pound rock at a woman's car smashing off her mirror and shards to her face. The next day he assaults a police officer. Artavious Milliner has been battering people for [--] years. In [----] while already sitting in Travis County Jail he climbed on top of another inmate pinned him face-down and pummeled him in the head with closed fists until officers pulled him off. The victim was rushed to Dell Seton with a gash on his forehead and a swollen eye. Some of his record in Travis county: Multiple felony family violence assaults Repeated probation and bond violations Drug felonies"
X Link 2026-01-28T04:26Z 11.3K followers, 14.2K engagements
"AUSTIN MAN breaks into a woman's home in the middle of the night wielding a knife attempts to sexually assault her - then DA drops the charge. Westly Barnes now faces burglary with intent to commit sex offense attempted sexual assault with a knife aggravated assault with deadly weapon and terroristic threat. DA declined the attempted sexual assault charge. Barnes' [----] arrest cycle: January 25: Caught stealing jacket and noodles. When arrested meth fell from his pockets. Barnes joked "he had a meth pipe in his booty hole." May: Arrested climbing fence at apartment complex checking apartment"
X Link 2026-02-03T15:38Z 11.3K followers, 102.8K engagements
"https://x.com/cost_of_bums/status/2014759132595663154s=20 https://t.co/qlLQBBlzFU https://x.com/cost_of_bums/status/2014759132595663154s=20 https://t.co/qlLQBBlzFU"
X Link 2026-02-03T15:39Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements
"AUSTIN MAN shot a man three times outside downtown homeless center in [----]. Sentenced to [--] years for armed robbery. After release: multiple arrests and [--] charges including assault and indecent exposure. Prosecutors kept letting him go with light plea deals. Then last August broke into a woman's home at night with a knife and attempted to sexually assault her. Prosecutors declined the sexual assault charge. AUSTIN MAN breaks into a woman's home in the middle of the night wielding a knife attempts to sexually assault her - then DA drops the charge. Westly Barnes now faces burglary with intent"
X Link 2026-02-03T23:08Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Austin extracts more tax revenue for homelessness every year - and gets worse results. 85% of the city's social services funding comes directly from local taxpayers making Austin an outlier among peer cities that spread these costs across counties hospital districts and federal programs. Other cities have pushed mental health care addiction treatment and supportive services to the health systems built to deliver them. Austin keeps everything inside City Hall - a choice the city's own benchmarking data flags as duplicative of systems its peers have deliberately moved away from. The result is"
X Link 2026-02-04T19:31Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements
"AUSTIN MAN with [--] criminal charges over [--] years leads trooper on I-35 chase. Texas trooper shoots him in the arm to stop him. DA indicts the trooper. Elijah Barrientos a documented gang member was behind the wheel when DPS Trooper Jason Tye tried to pull him over. Barrientos refused to stop led officers on a pursuit through Austin pulled into a North Plaza Chevrolet dealership bailed out and ran. Tye shot him in the arm. Travis County DA Jose Garza indicted Tye for aggravated assault by a public servant with deadly weapon. Barrientos' record since 2001: [--] charges in Travis County: 32"
X Link 2026-02-06T05:55Z 11.3K followers, 336.7K engagements
"Austin violently assault a blind man Pay $1. AUSTIN WOMAN walks into an East Austin smoke shop grabs a blind man's walking stick and swings it at him. When it misses she seizes his dreadlocks with both hands and won't let go until a bystander tackles her to the ground. That was Clinisha Henderson's second attack on https://t.co/zZbsJEm5xS AUSTIN WOMAN walks into an East Austin smoke shop grabs a blind man's walking stick and swings it at him. When it misses she seizes his dreadlocks with both hands and won't let go until a bystander tackles her to the ground. That was Clinisha Henderson's"
X Link 2026-02-06T15:56Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements
"AUSTIN MAN arrested in anti-deportation riots in June racks up more arrests. Since last posting about Cody Bates in June he was: [--]. Arrested in August for trespassing at Valero gas stationsame one that banned him [--] months earlier. $2000 bond. [--]. Arrested again in October at that same Valero with meth in his pocket. Charged with felony drug possession + trespass. Prosecutors declined the felony. $2000 bond. [--]. Arrested again this month with drugs. $2000 bond. Now at 60+ total arrests over [--] years. AUSTIN MAN arrested in anti-deportation riots racked up [--] arrests over [--] years. Cody Bates'"
X Link 2026-02-09T15:31Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements
"AUSTIN MAN sells cocaine to a 32-year-old who dies hours later. Sentence: [--] days in jail. Henry Carter was charged with delivery of a controlled substance causing death (a 2nd degree felony) after text messages showed him arranging a cocaine sale the night before the victim was found unresponsive at an apartment off N. Mopac in May [----]. Prosecutors reduced the charge to attempted possession under one grama misdemeanor. Henry Carter got [--] days in jail with credit for [--] already served. He walked out owing $290 in court costs. His record: multiple drug possession arrests weapons charges and a"
X Link 2026-02-10T04:16Z 11.3K followers, 23.8K engagements
"via @hueyjayd https://www.kxan.com/investigations/man-gets-3-days-in-jail-after-plea-deal-in-fatal-austin-overdose-case/ https://www.kxan.com/investigations/man-gets-3-days-in-jail-after-plea-deal-in-fatal-austin-overdose-case/"
X Link 2026-02-10T04:16Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements
"AUSTIN MAN caught with a mountain of drugs after he proudly advertised his operations on YouTube. Adam Charles was busted last week after APD's Narcotics Unit and SWAT executed a search warrant at a South Lamar apartment. The investigation started when a deputy from another county tipped off Austin police about a dealer using the YouTube alias "Boog3x" to sell narcotics. Police matched the YouTube account to Charles and began surveillance. Seized inside the apartment: 354g fentanyl 171g meth 53g cocaine 35g crack [--] ounces of marijuana 220g of THC vape cartridges Hydraulic press for"
X Link 2026-02-11T14:10Z 11.3K followers, 27.3K engagements
"UPDATE: The illegal immigrant -- who raped his niece and walked away with a cushy plea deal from Austin's prosecutors -- has been deported by federal authorities. The only real consequence came from the federal government. The man will live life freely in Honduras. His victim will never get justice. AUSTIN MAN rapes his niece in her sleep. Grandmother catches him fleeing the room naked DNA evidence is collected Child Abuse Unit handles the case -- and prosecutors drop both felony charges and let him plead to a misdemeanor. Christian Funez [--] is an illegal immigrant from AUSTIN MAN rapes his"
X Link 2026-02-14T22:13Z 11.3K followers, 166.4K engagements
"https://x.com/AustinJustice/status/2022796298542514504s=20 UPDATE: The illegal immigrant -- who raped his niece and walked away with a cushy plea deal from Austin's prosecutors -- has been deported by federal authorities. The only real consequence came from the federal government. The man will live life freely in Honduras. His victim https://t.co/WoCRB3Khb6 https://x.com/AustinJustice/status/2022796298542514504s=20 UPDATE: The illegal immigrant -- who raped his niece and walked away with a cushy plea deal from Austin's prosecutors -- has been deported by federal authorities. The only real"
X Link 2026-02-14T22:13Z 11.3K followers, 85.2K engagements
"@Midwest_expat The source is Travis County court records. The media rarely covers these stories"
X Link 2026-02-14T22:14Z 11.3K followers, 37K engagements
"Austin has an epidemic of bus stabbings. Here are a few from the last few months alone. May 2025: A young entrepreneur sitting on a bus is stabbed in the neck by a demented homeless repeat criminal with a butcher knife. Suspect tells police he killed him because he resembled my uncle. January [--] 2026: A man stands up mid-ride walks to the back of the bus and stabs another passenger three times -- twice in the back once in the chest. January 29: A woman pulls a knife from her purse on a bus downtown tells a man "I will stab you" and does. Bond set at $3000. February 5: A teenager is stabbed at"
X Link 2026-02-15T22:09Z 11.3K followers, 10.7K engagements
"AUSTIN MAN Raymond Cathey was charged with six armed robberies on Saturday. He used a gun. Twelve victims. One was shot in the arm. Another nearly had his head blown off. Cathey was out on bond for two felony drug cases. But theres more. Last Oct Cathey was charged with murder. Bond set at $100K. Two days later the DA dropped it. No charges filed. Also on his recent record: Caught with a stolen loaded gun DA rejected one of the charges; minimal jail time for other charge Evaded APD on foot [--] days in jail Reckless driving through a school zone with children present crash fled the scene"
X Link 2025-04-16T12:38Z 11.2K followers, 79.5K engagements
"AUSTIN MAN carjacked a driver at gunpoint in Givens Park firing a shot as the victim fled just one year after prosecutors dismissed his murder charge. Dakcicie Fuller was arrested yesterday. It brought his total to [--] active aggravated robbery charges he committed with Raymond Cathey (see replies) all 1st-degree felonies. He was already out on bond for trafficking crack cocaine and meth last August. Even worse: On May [--] [----] exactly one year before this latest arrest Travis County prosecutors dismissed his murder charge for shooting Ronnie James multiple times in NE Austin. They let him walk."
X Link 2025-05-11T20:56Z 11.2K followers, 13.2K engagements
"AUSTIN MAN stabbed a stranger in the neck on a CapMetro buskilling himbecause he looked like my uncle. The victim Akshay Gupta died at the scene. Witnesses watched in horror and ran covered in blood. The suspect: Deepak Kandel [--] charged with first-degree murder but not his first arrest: Assault on a security officer No charges filed Harassment of public servant No charges filed Multiple trespassing and criminal mischief charges dismissed rejected or declined [----] felony vandalism reduced to misdemeanor [----] DWI pled down [--] days jail Even as his behavior escalated prosecutors refused to act"
X Link 2025-05-17T04:28Z 11.2K followers, 391.7K engagements
"Akshay Gupta was a 30-year-old Austin-based entrepreneur who co-founded a health-tech startup focused on helping senior citizens with walking and balance. He was described by friends as thoughtful intelligent and having "a giving heart." His friend Noopur Gupta mentioned he was always willing to share knowledge and help others. They both entered the Austin startup scene together and came from nearby hometowns in India. Akshay had a special nickname for Noopur "Candle Girl" after she suggested he light a candle when he was stressed about his startup. Gupta was stabbed in the neck on city bus"
X Link 2025-05-17T06:26Z 11.1K followers, 63.3K engagements
"NEW: Family of Akshay Gupta the victim of last Wednesdays murder on an Austin bus speak out: Gupta earned his Masters from Penn State He was personally invited to meet Satya Nadella CEO of Microsoft after being noticed for his innovations. He co-founded FootBit a startup aimed at helping the elderly live independently and safely. He recently turned down a $300000 job offer from Amazon to pursue his startup. He received the O1A Visa from the United States (awarded to individuals with extraordinary ability in science). Gupta was known by friends and family as kind and humble. Gupta was stabbed"
X Link 2025-05-19T22:10Z 11.2K followers, 297.3K engagements
"Hey I am Akshay Guptas friend. Thats how the message beganfrom Jasmine his friend and classmate at Penn State. He used to cheer me up every time I felt like quitting my PhD. But this time there was no cheer from Akshay. Jasmine came to Austin with one purpose: to see her friends body. Looking at his body at the funeral house on Saturday was the most gut-wrenching experience of my life she says. Akshay Gupta was [--] years old. A builder. A giver. A brother. A son. He was so full of life. Always made everyone laugh. He always made time for others. He mentored. He volunteered. He cooked for the"
X Link 2025-05-20T05:13Z 11.2K followers, 150.3K engagements
"AUSTIN TX The correlation is undeniable: fewer people in jail means more dead bodies on the street. As Travis County jail bookings plummeted 35% from 2010-2024 homicides skyrocketed 123%. In [----] we had 59k bookings and [--] murders. By 2021: just 22k bookings but [--] murders"
X Link 2025-05-27T20:19Z 11.2K followers, 13.6K engagements
"LEAKED MEMO: Internal guidelines from DA Jos Garza read like a decriminalization manifesto pulled straight from an activist handbook. Prosecutors are told to avoid jail soften charges and treat criminals like clients. Heres what Garza is directingand what a real DA committed to public safety and the law should be doing instead. ON IMPLICIT BIAS: Our implicit biases about race gender sexual orientation and class may unintentionally affect the evaluation of a case. ADAs should remain mindful of this and should challenge themselves and their assumptions when considering an appropriate sentence."
X Link 2025-05-28T15:35Z 11.2K followers, 72.8K engagements
"AUSTIN WOMAN busted for the 48th time after crashing the Driskill patiowhere she was spotted harassing guests just months after being caught eating off strangers plates inside the Driskill restaurant. Earlier this month Driskill staff removed her 7x in span of a week. Shes been arrested for swiping hotel shoes stealing purses and re-entering private areas and harassing staff. Also during that same week she stole $160 of champagne from Royal Blue grocery. Kelli Cannon has: 30+ charges in just the last [--] years (see attached) [--] criminal trespass charges since mid-2023 14+ cases declined to"
X Link 2025-05-30T12:24Z 11.2K followers, 22.2K engagements
"A Travis County judge has been quietly slashing felony bonds including dropping a capital murder suspects bail from $750k to just $5k. That suspect 18-year-old Aden Munoz walked out of jail and was later caught near the Mexican border. Since January Judge Tanisa Jeffers has lowered or changed bonds in over [---] felony cases -- often without notifying prosecutors holding hearings or having legal authority to do it. Some changes happened within a day of the original bond. Other judges say they didnt even know she was undoing their decisions. Texas lawmakers must look for legislative solutions to"
X Link 2025-07-03T05:00Z 11.2K followers, 35.6K engagements
"Austin City Hall just circulated a memo promising every regular employee a [--] % pay bump a new higher base hourly wage richer HSA deposits and zero increases to healthplan premiums. That covers roughly [-----] workers. The same budget slashes $9 million in police OT and hikes on your utility bill. Austin is raising its own payroll above private sector rates while telling working taxpayers to brace for higher fees and slower police response times"
X Link 2025-07-16T00:01Z 11.2K followers, 28.1K engagements
"AUSTIN MAN Steven Conn picked up an acquaintance for a ride. Jose Duron shot him during a robbery attempt then drove off with the bleeding victim still in the car and dumped his body in a field. Conn was a repeat offender Austin prosecutors repeatedly failed to hold accountable. Since [----] Steven Conn racked up over [--] criminal cases: Multiple drug felonies (cocaine methamphetamine) Firearm possession as felon Evading arrest (multiple times) Assault cases Driving violations His pattern with prosecutors: 2016: F1 drug charge dismissed after [--] months of delays 2018: Two driving cases dismissed"
X Link 2025-07-19T22:15Z 11.2K followers, 96.5K engagements
"UPDATE: AUSTIN MAN who shot a man during robbery then drove off with the dying victim still in the car and then dumped in a field had been arrested [--] times in Travis County. Jose Refugio Duron [--] is now charged with capital murder in the recent killing of Steven Conn. But by then hed already left a trail of violence threats and ignored red flags. In one early case Duron attacked his 16-year-old girlfriend after she ended the relationship. He was arrested for criminal mischief/family violence. By the time Conn was murdered Duron had been arrested for: [--] aggravated assaults with a deadly weapon"
X Link 2025-07-21T12:21Z 11.2K followers, 95.7K engagements
"AUSTIN MAN arrested for harassment while on probation for punching a 16-year-old girl in the face hard enough to split both lips and force her teeth through the inside of her mouth. The girl had been walking to the store when he confronted her and taunted "wassupwassup roll up on me now" before hitting her. The assailant Brion Hill was also previously arrested for aggravated sexual assault and injury of a child. Outcomes: - Assault Causes Bodily Injury - [--] days jail - Aggravated Sexual Assault Child- count waived - Indecency w/Child Sexual Contact - reduced/probation - Harassment - pending"
X Link 2025-07-22T12:12Z 11.2K followers, 20.2K engagements
"AUSTIN MAN convicted of multiple child sex crimes gets deferred sentence then uses his freedom to threaten to kil his wife and her family while walking toward their home. Philip Moreno's record with Austin prosecutors: 2004-2013: [--] felony child sex crimes [--] aggravated sexual assault of child (F1) [--] indecency with child charges (F2/F3) [--] counts waived in plea deal Only convicted on [--] reduced charge Got deferred sentence: [--] years prison + [--] years probation Last month: While texting death threats to his wife ("Ima kill all of u" "My lifes mission is to kil yall") he's arrested walking from"
X Link 2025-07-25T03:27Z 11.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Trumps new executive order declares war on street chaos and cities like Austin are in the crosshairs. The EO revives involuntary commitment for the mentally ill and addicted. Federal dollars will now reward cities that ban street camping public drug use and enforce sex offender laws. Washington may withhold federal dollars from cities that tolerate chaos downzone housing or hand out needles. Housing First programs that give addicts homes without treatment are getting defunded. So are harm reduction sites that let people use drugs under supervision. Money now goes to drug courts mental health"
X Link 2025-07-25T03:50Z 11.2K followers, 11.8K engagements
"Travis County DA Jos Garza admits hes against locking more people up. If youre wondering why there are more criminals on the streets he just told you. Admirable honesty. Travis County DA Jos Garza sets the record straight about what it takes to keep our community safe: we need stability. #Texas #LocalGovernment #progressive Podcast: https://t.co/Xydlz7Oqez @JosePGarza https://t.co/CbB4vhlxkX Travis County DA Jos Garza sets the record straight about what it takes to keep our community safe: we need stability. #Texas #LocalGovernment #progressive Podcast: https://t.co/Xydlz7Oqez @JosePGarza"
X Link 2025-07-26T01:06Z 11.2K followers, 20.3K engagements
"AUSTIN MAN ambushes a young couple at [--] a.m. spraying bullets into their car at a North Austin gas station. 18-year-old Comarri Thompson died on the scene. His girlfriend shot and bleeding screamed into the phone: Hes dead. Police say the shooter Kenan Greene pulled up beside them near Braker & Dessau opened fire then sped off. But this wasnt Greenes first arrest. Just [--] weeks earlier he was picked up for assault causing bodily injury/family violence. Accused of punching a woman in the face busting her lip and threatening "IMA KILL YOU" when she was on the phone with another man. Police"
X Link 2025-07-29T14:49Z 11.2K followers, 46.5K engagements
"A fan (or fans) of Austin Justice put up a billboard to help people find this account. Yellow Ranger a local restaurant responded by urging their followers to commit multiple crimesvandalism solicitation conspiracy and perhaps incitement. Hopefully their mugshots dont end up on this feed. In the meantime I encourage my followers to do the opposite: stop by Yellow Ranger courteously purchase something (I hear the black garlic queso is decent) and politely remind them that every resident and business in Austin deserves to live and operate in safety"
X Link 2025-07-30T01:41Z 11.2K followers, 56.9K engagements
"Austins city manager was fired in Dallas for mismanagement was unemployed then hired by Austin City Council at nearly $500K a year. In his first year on the job he billed taxpayers for [---] Sweetgreen lunches $20 salads nearly every other day while warning of a financial crisis. Meanwhile city staff charged steakhouse dinners expensive holiday parties at Comedor $6000 business-class flights and $1700 retirement parties while pushing for cuts to police and fire. NEW: A records analysis shows solo lunches fancy meals and upgraded seats by city leaders during a budget crunch. City Manager T.C."
X Link 2025-07-30T17:56Z 11.2K followers, 75.3K engagements
"Austins budget in 2010: $2.75B Austins budget in 2024: $5.94B Population growth: +25% Spending growth: +116% Spending per resident: +76% City Hall is spending twice as much to serve only 1.25x the people. Does the city feel twice as well-managed Does it look like things are improving"
X Link 2025-07-31T01:24Z 11.2K followers, 30.2K engagements
"AUSTIN MAN strangles girlfriend gets out on bondthen strangles her again steals her phone and flees police on a chase. Jesus Soto has been arrested [--] times just since May for targeting the same woman again and again. In just [--] weeks: Strangled her twice until she blacked out Violated protective orders 5+ times Hid her from deputies inside his trailer Called her while on protective and order and she sat with a cop listening in Led police on a vehicle pursuit Soto is now in jail on [--] active charges including two felony strangulations aggravated assault with a deadly weapon evading arrest and"
X Link 2025-07-31T14:38Z 11.2K followers, 56.5K engagements
"ICE arrests and detentions of illegal immigrants have tripled in Austin. In January ICE agents made [---] arrests in the San Antonio Field Office region which includes Austin area. By June [--] that number had nearly tripled to 1804"
X Link 2025-07-31T21:43Z 11.2K followers, 10.6K engagements
"AUSTIN RESTAURANT Yellow Ranger is once again lashing out at Austin Justice calling this account dangerous and menacingly telling followers to make Nazis afraid. Theyre not happy. And honestly thats understandable. Any business owner would be stressed and alarmed trying to keep a restaurant afloat while witnessing their small neighborhood deteriorate under these dramatic crime surges: Auto thefts: +650% Criminal trespass: +600% Aggravated assault: +500% Fraud: +400% Rape: +200% Assault with injury: +125% Burglary of residence: +67% Burglary of sheds/storage: +3100% Family disturbance: +400%"
X Link 2025-08-01T05:28Z 11.2K followers, 26.4K engagements
"Travis County DA Jos Garzas office is in meltdown. His office repeatedly missed indictment deadlines letting violent offenders walk freetwo murder suspects released outright and a child-sex-assault suspect was able to avoid trial. Last year alone: [---] blown deadlines for jailed defendants. Garza almost always prefers to dismiss. Case in point: domestic-violence cases. If the victim wont proceed policy is to drop iteven if theres evidence suspect is a major danger to community and will victimize others. Meanwhile prosecutor turnover is sky-high with barely-trained lawyers handling major cases."
X Link 2025-08-10T15:14Z 11.2K followers, 17K engagements
"Homicides in Austin 2004-2024"
X Link 2025-08-11T22:05Z 11.1K followers, 31.1K engagements
"AUSTIN MAN who killed [--] including a child in Mondays Target parking lot shooting had a long violent record in Travis & Williamson counties. Ethan Blaine Nieneker's Record: TRAVIS COUNTY: [----] felony assault (family violence repeat offense) reduced to misdemeanor deferred adjudication [----] protective order violation & criminal mischief [--] days jail [----] DWI 2nd [--] days jail [----] felony assault (family violence prior conviction) bond forfeiture after absconding; dismissed [----] (unable to locate victim) WILLIAMSON COUNTY: [----] marijuana possession [--] days jail [----] DWI [---] days jail (credit for"
X Link 2025-08-12T02:00Z 11.2K followers, 227.9K engagements
"AUSTIN WOMAN smashes Jeep window at Zilker Park in broad daylight while already facing two open felony indictments including aggravated assault with a gun. Witness saw 26-year-old Taleja Jenkins swing a stick break in and steal a purse. Police say she and an accomplice hit multiple cars before ditching stolen property at Barton Springs & Azie Morton. Her record with Austin prosecutors: 2025: Aggravated assault w/ firearm 2024: Felony cocaine 2022: Assault on public servant dismissed 2022: Family violence assault dismissed 2017: [--] felony drug charges both dismissed 2017: Felony drug charge"
X Link 2025-08-13T13:34Z 11.2K followers, 17.8K engagements
"I think this is one of the safest communities in the country. - Travis County DA Jos Garza yesterday A few facts: - Austin's homicide rate has more than doubled since pre-pandemic - Auto theft has surged nearly 95%. - Aggravated assault rate is up 37% - Violent crime overall is up roughly 16% bucking the national decline in [----]. - The citys violent crime rate now sits higher than El Paso and Fort Worth and has closed the gap with larger cities like Dallas. Does DA Jose Garza consider himself 'soft on crime' and a 'rogue DA' In an exclusive interview with Fox [--] he responds to critics."
X Link 2025-08-15T06:01Z 11.2K followers, 30.4K engagements
"Austins budget for homelessness services grew from $6 million in [----] to $101 million in [----] with the stated goal of ending homelessness. Have you noticed homelessness decline in those years"
X Link 2025-08-17T22:05Z 11.2K followers, 24.2K engagements
"Austin police say crews are hitting Austins most popular spots Zilker Park Mount Bonnell Red Bud Isle Austin High trail lots smashing windows and grabbing valuables in seconds. Since July 1: [--] burglaries near Mount Bonnell [--] burglaries around Austin High Detectives say suspects are so confident they even brag online because theres no fear of consequence. APD admits the cycle: officers make arrests cases go to prosecutors charges are reduced dismissed or diverted. The same offenders are back out breaking into cars within days. The result: tourists lose passports IDs credit cards; locals"
X Link 2025-08-22T18:56Z 11.2K followers, 38.8K engagements
"Federal lawsuit filed against Travis County DA Jos Garza alleges he created a public safety crisis by releasing violent offenders missing indictment deadlines and refusing to prosecute entire groups (esp. homeless offenders). Plaintiff @LaurenBPena4TX seeks Garzas removal for incompetence & misconduct a case that could mark the first federal intervention to oust a Texas DA for refusal to prosecute"
X Link 2025-08-24T04:00Z 11.2K followers, 18.9K engagements
"AUSTIN MAN charged with murder and gets probation and anger management classes. Adriean Benn [--] originally charged with first-degree murder for shooting and killing 24-year-old Jorian Hardeway (father of two) at a downtown Austin club in March [----] pled guilty but prosecutors cut it to second-degree manslaughter. Outcome: No prison. [--] years probation (keeps conviction off record if completed) [---] hours community service Anger management classes $6500 restitution Banned from downtown Austin [--] p.m.6 a.m. No firearms Shoot and kill a man in a nightclub in Austin and Travis County DA Jose Garza"
X Link 2025-08-24T21:20Z 11.2K followers, 34.2K engagements
"An Austin murder trial just collapsedand the accused will never face justice. Prosecutors with DA Jos Garzas office dropped the case against 26-year-old Dekatur Richey after the jury was already sworn in. That triggered double jeopardy meaning he cant be tried again for the [----] killing of Keith Bedford. The case unraveled when defense attorneys discovered prosecutors had withheld a letter calling a key witness unreliable and ignored a request from another witness to change her statement. On top of that the DAs office botched a subpoena. Its the third murder case to fall apart under Garza"
X Link 2025-08-30T03:50Z 11.2K followers, 16.4K engagements
"AUSTIN WOMAN prowls the Hyatt on Riverside smashes a tourists window snatches two bags sprints to a red Chrysler then tries the stolen cards at an HEB minutes later. Tesla cam catches the break-in. APD is looking for Armynie White whose rap sheet was already covered on this account. 2024: Sixth Street assaultvideo shows her circling a brawl then stomping a womans face. Case filed later dismissed. No trial or jail. Same week: Tied to a second car burglary. Feb 2025: Stopped at Parmer & [---] while on a felony warrant; gives cops a fake name. Ongoing felony history: Aggravated Assault w/Deadly"
X Link 2025-09-07T15:49Z 11.2K followers, 41.7K engagements
"Austins DA Jos Garza came into office promising justice reform. What he's doing is copying George Gascnthe former Los Angeles DA whose soft-on-crime experiment unleashed a wave of violent crime and chaos before voters finally kicked him out. Garza is running the same playbook: fewer serious prosecutions easy releases for offenders and victims pushed aside. Since he took office Austin has hit record-high homicides car thefts have exploded and thousands of felony casesincluding violent and gun crimeshave been dropped. Los Angeles learned the hard way that these policies leave the most"
X Link 2025-09-16T16:41Z 11.2K followers, 23.9K engagements
"Austin city government spent $1.9 million on DEI salaries in 2023"
X Link 2025-09-19T02:51Z 11.2K followers, 60.9K engagements
"AUSTIN DA Jos Garzas office missed indictment deadlines [---] times this year letting [---] felony defendantswalk on $0 or even $1 bonds including [--] violent offenders and five accused murderers. One confessed child rap*st Mario Mata was deported instead of prosecuted because prosecutors blew the 90-day deadline. Garza claimed there was no systemic issue. @KVUE investigation proved otherwise showing a pattern of chaos that left victims without justice and violent criminals back on Austin streets. Only after public outrage did Garza quietly change policies. Too late for the victims already failed"
X Link 2025-09-23T05:09Z 11.2K followers, 107.3K engagements
"AUSTIN MAN storms UT campus swinging a broom screaming threats and exposing himself to strangers saying to them: Ill p*** on you and Ill f*** you. When police confronted him he threw a beer can at an officer and shouted Ill b*** you and Ill k*** you. This wasnt Gregory Davis first arrest. He was previously caught trespassing a UT sorority house and was once caught pantless at Pluckers terrorizing customers before a customer punched him in the face. Earlier this year he stood drunk in the middle of East 40th Street blocking traffic while screaming at drivers and waving a beer can. After"
X Link 2025-09-30T12:06Z 11.2K followers, 25K engagements
"AUSTIN MAN who fatally stabbed 19-year-old UT freshman Harrison Brown in broad daylight outside Gregory Gym may soon walk free. In [----] Kendrex White randomly slashed four students with a hunting knife killing Harrison and injuring three others. A year later a judge found him not guilty by reason of insanity after doctors testified he suffered from schizoaffective disorder and believed he was Jesus. Hes been confined to a state hospital ever since. Now eight years later a Travis County judge will decide if White can leave inpatient care and live in the community under outpatient services."
X Link 2025-10-01T03:26Z 11.2K followers, 68.6K engagements
"AUSTIN MAN started a fistfight in the E 6th Chevron parking lot. Witnesses saw him slam another man to the ground kick him in the head and then shove him into the bumper of a patrol car as officers pulled up. It was John Sparkmans tenth arrest at that Chevron gas station by I-35 where hes been trespassing for months. Police had to carry Sparkman to patrol car after he went limp and kicked officers. It was the third time he assaulted an APD officer in just a year. In April Sparkman punched a woman in the face in a 6th Street alley. Police witnessed the assault. While being loaded into the"
X Link 2025-10-02T03:21Z 11.2K followers, 22.2K engagements
"Man wanted for murder in Karnes County was tracked down at an Austin homeless camp downtown. DPS Bicycle Patrol spotted Severiano Valdonado [--] camping illegally by the river. He tried to run but was tased and arrested. Valdonado is accused of shooting and killing Michelle Jannsen at a home in Runge last month. Deputies found her dead at the scene. He now faces six charges including murder evading arrest and giving false info. Austin with its large encampments and city-funded services has become a favorite place for the nation's fugitives and repeat offenders to call home"
X Link 2025-10-02T18:05Z 11.2K followers, 35.1K engagements
"UPDATE from a source on murder suspect Severiano Valdonado [--] who was caught in Austin after 2-week manhunt. Valdonado was found camping at Shoal Creek near the public library on 2nd St. Stopped for illegal camping he handed officers a fake NGO-issued ID from Clarity Human Services with a false name and DOB. When police realized who he really was a wanted murder suspect he ran. He was tased and arrested. The Clarity ID isnt government-issued but is widely used by Austins homeless population similar to a Service Point card giving access to NGO benefits. Which Austin NGO issued him the ID Man"
X Link 2025-10-02T18:12Z 11.2K followers, 30.2K engagements
"AUSTIN WOMAN found inside West Campus Airbnb stealing from El Paso visitors with overdosed sex assault victim in the next room. Latasha Fletcher was arrested after victims returned to their rental and found her crew mid-burglary at W. 21st St and San Gabriel St. When police arrived they discovered a semi-conscious woman inside who said she'd been sexually assaulted and drugged. Officers also found drug production materials restraints and evidence backing her claims. Fletcher had been arrested months earlier for violating bond conditions when police found her screaming at a boyfriend's"
X Link 2025-10-04T15:03Z 11.2K followers, 18.6K engagements
"Portland tried some things that Austin is now toying with. And it didnt go well. Portlands City Council swung hard left this year after several Democratic Socialist members took office vowing to make the city work for everyday people. Their plans: raise taxes on the wealthy increase social services build city-run housing and even open public grocery stores. Nine months later the results are sobering. Homeless encampments line major streets open-air drug use is common and downtown storefronts sit empty. A vote to move $2 million from police to parks was also a disaster. Business owners and"
X Link 2025-10-04T18:17Z 11.2K followers, 10.7K engagements
"AUSTIN MAN killed a driver by T-boning him at [--] mph with an open vodka bottle and whippits in his carafter getting no punishment for driving drunk and high on whippits years earlier. In [----] James Durbin was caught driving drunk and high with cocaine Xanax pills open beer cans and nitrous oxide canisters after swerving through traffic. His record with Austin prosecutors: DWI with open containers [--] months probation Cocaine possession probation reduced to misdemeanor attempt Illegal benzo (sedatives) possession dismissed through plea deal Zero jail time. Completed probation in [----]. In August"
X Link 2025-10-11T21:08Z 11.2K followers, 20.5K engagements
"AUSTIN MAN doing wheelies on green dirt bike plows into cop who yelled at him to stopsends officer flying into drainage ditch then flips the middle finger at bleeding pedestrian he'd just struck on the sidewalk. Lorenzo Brant Lemaire's 50-minute rampage through downtown Friday: Struck pedestrian on Congress Ave sidewalkleft her bleeding from elbow Ten minutes later drove past same victim and gave her the middle finger Rammed officer head-on after clear commands Hit pedi-cab driver causing back injury His cousin picked him up on another bike after crash and he hid in Old Navy at Barton Creek"
X Link 2025-10-19T02:12Z 11.2K followers, 24.1K engagements
"Gov. @GregAbbott_TX has sent state troopers TxDOT crews and the Texas State Guard to clear Austins homeless encampments saying the state is stepping in where the city hasnt. In the first week the operation: Cleared [--] camps Hauled off 3000+ pounds of trash Arrested [--] repeat felons Seized [---] grams of drugs Abbott says Texans should not endure risks from weapons needles and debris on city streets and that the state will keep clearing camps and arresting offenders breaking the law. Mayor @KirkPWatson called the effort heavy-handed and said Austin is already working on homelessness. Many"
X Link 2025-10-21T19:15Z 11.2K followers, 23.1K engagements
"AUSTIN MAN nearly hits pedestrians then drives straight into the Colorado River his third DWI. Nicholo Venegas [--] was pulled from his submerged car at Walsh Boat Landing slurring and disoriented. Police say he refused testing and was arrested for felony DWI (3rd+ offense). Just months ago Venegas got [--] years probation after killing a passenger while driving [--] mph with alcohol cannabis amphetamines and PCP in his system. The DA dropped the intoxication manslaughter charge in a plea deal. Less than six months later hes charged again another drunk crash that couldve killed someone"
X Link 2025-10-22T05:40Z 11.2K followers, 21.1K engagements
"AUSTIN TX Two people were hospitalized Monday night after a machete fight across from City Hall. Both victims were found with stab wounds and rushed to the hospital. Its the latest violent incident in an area thats seen [--] aggravated assaults [--] robberies and [--] burglaries within four blocks of City Hall this year alone. Residents told reporters theyre not surprised anymore that machetes stabbings and knife attacks have become part of downtown life. Many downtown residents now carry defensive weapons including pepper spray and pocket knives when stepping outside. Two people were injured after"
X Link 2025-10-23T05:02Z 11.2K followers, 57.6K engagements
"AUSTINS machete problem is now routine. For four straight years people across the city have been hacked slashed and nearly killed with machetes in parks at bus stops taco trucks even luxury hotels. If someones pacing muttering or yelling at the air dont turn your back. Too many machete victims did. Apr [--] [----] Man walking his dog near Elmont Dr. & Pleasant Valley Rd. attacked with a machete; serious arm wound. Apr [--] [----] Body found in South Austin woods (off E. Stassney Ln.); victim had multiple head/chop wounds from a machete. Aug [--] [----] Security guard at the Austin Proper Hotel (W. 2nd"
X Link 2025-10-23T15:15Z 11.2K followers, 316.2K engagements
"AUSTIN: For years City Hall has poured hundreds of millions into making homelessness a livable Austin lifestyle turning public spaces into open-air shelters and drawing transients from across the country with flush services and no criminal enforcement. Last night a mild storm led four people living in a storm drain to be swept away. Two of them a man and woman vanished into the current and by morning a body surfaced in Lady Bird Lake near Cesar Chavez and San Antonio St"
X Link 2025-10-26T00:51Z 11.2K followers, 18.7K engagements
"AUSTIN: A small chocolate shop has been robbed so many times it stopped bothering with police. This weeks break-in at Kessh Cacao their fifth cost more than $5000 in stolen generators tools and truck batteries. The owners called [---]. Dispatch told them to call [---]. Then [---] told them to wait five business days for a detective. Six thieves cut cables tore locks and cleaned out their warehouse like it was routine (because in Austin it is). The owners immigrants who built the shop from scratch now sleep in fear of another visit from robbers. Austins small business reality: work [--] hours a week"
X Link 2025-10-26T15:17Z 11.2K followers, 103.1K engagements
"AUSTINS EVENTFUL WEEK INCLUDED: [--] confirmed deaths [--] people in machete fight downtown [--] shootings [--] hit-and-runs A robbery ring struck again A small business looted again On Monday night two men slashed each other with a machete across from Austin City Hall on Cesar Chavez. Both hospitalized. A downtown resident summed it up: Theres always machetes stabbings something by the water. Im not shocked anymore. Two groups opened fire outside Lupine Terrace Apartments on Gunter Street. Bullets hit cars. One man wounded. No arrests. A mild storm killed at least three homeless people as bodies"
X Link 2025-10-26T23:22Z 11.2K followers, 72.3K engagements
"UPDATE: Library shooter Harold Keene pointed a gun at a sleeping child on a Cap Metro bus accused her of "releasing pheromones" then ate a bag of crystal meth before shooting a man who tried to intervene all eleven hours BEFORE his Austin Library attack. Keene boarded the bus near 6th and Brazos. The victim gave him his Dr. Pepper when asked trying to be friendly. Then Keene pointed a gun at an Asian mother and her sleeping daughter muttering about the CIA and demanding the child stop "pressing the button and releasing pheromones." When the victim confronted him Keene ate what appeared to be"
X Link 2025-10-28T00:24Z 11.2K followers, 75.4K engagements
"UPDATE: Library shooter Harold Keene operated under the name "Harold King" for [--] years of arrests and convictions. Court records show prosecutors changed their approach to his cases after [----]. Under Harold King his record stretches back to 1990: cocaine possession weapons charges assaults tampering with evidence and a 14-year prison term for family violence. He spent decades in and out of prison. Then after his [----] release when DA Jos Garza and County Attorney Delia Garza took office the pattern changed. Felonies became probation. Violence became treatment. 2021: Stole two vehicles served"
X Link 2025-10-28T04:37Z 11.2K followers, 49.3K engagements
"The New York Times just slammed Austins homelessness crisis. The city is spending more than ever and still watching the streets fill with drug-addicted and violent vagrants. Now City Hall wants another tax hike for the homeless. But as the Times notes after years of failed programs and soaring budgets even Austins own progressives are losing faith. The city keeps writing bigger checksand getting worse results. Proposition Q would raise property taxes by 20% costing the average homeowner $300 more a year to fund homelessness programs. City Hall says its about compassion. Voters see failure."
X Link 2025-11-03T06:09Z 11.2K followers, 93.7K engagements
"After voters rejected Prop Q Austin lost the $109 million tax windfall it was counting onand the citys new budget shows where its real priorities lie. The revised plan cuts $6.2 million from EMS $5.2 million from Parks and $1 million from Fire while boosting homelessness spending by nearly $9 million including $5 million for shelter operations and millions more for new rehousing programs"
X Link 2025-11-09T09:39Z 11.2K followers, 75.2K engagements
"Austin is cutting millions from ambulance services parks and courts while allocating $20.5 million more to homelessness and social programs. The paramedics union warns the cuts mean "fewer medics on the streets" and "slower ambulance response times." Meanwhile a single shelter receives $8 million. After voters rejected Prop Q Austin lost the $109 million tax windfall it was counting onand the citys new budget shows where its real priorities lie. The revised plan cuts $6.2 million from EMS $5.2 million from Parks and $1 million from Fire while boosting homelessness After voters rejected Prop Q"
X Link 2025-11-10T09:43Z 11.2K followers, 76.4K engagements
"Highlights from a [--] minute walk around downtown Austin (courtesy of a followerDec [--] 2025)"
X Link 2025-12-14T21:18Z 10.7K followers, 35.9K engagements
"New York Times: Giving the homeless free apartments doesn't work. At a city level this popular "Housing First" policy hasnt reduced homelessness at all. Despite massive spending encampments grew and research finds no consistent improvement in mental health addiction physical health or death rates. Long-term studies show many homeless cycle out of housing move repeatedly or die at high rates. Austin has spent roughly $300 million on Housing Firststyle homelessness programs since [----] and the citys unsheltered homeless population is higher today than when that spending began."
X Link 2025-12-31T07:48Z 10.7K followers, [----] engagements
"AUSTIN TX: Gang member lurks at downtown Citgo across from police HQ. Murders a man. Flashback [--] months ago: APD caught killer with loaded Glock & drugs. Case DISMISSED by CA Delia Garza & Judge Williamsjust took gun. They gave him a second chance. He gave us a homicide. Suspect arrested in downtown Austin gas station shooting third homicide of [----]. The suspect Zion Singleton [--] was arrested on scene. It was later found the suspect was a documented gang member. He now faces a first-degree murder charge. https://t.co/F934z9WeWr Suspect arrested in downtown Austin gas station shooting third"
X Link 2025-01-22T05:15Z 11.3K followers, 135.8K engagements
"Caritas pays a lobbyist up to $200K/yr to lobby the City for more taxpayer $$. Today City Council votes to give Caritas our $$. Caritas will then take some of that and pay their lobbyist to get them more of our $$ next time. Meantime Caritas and their $161M has overseen explosive growth in homelessness: Caritas of Austin (@caritasofaustin) claims its mission is to "prevent and end homelessness" in Austin. In the last [--] years homelessness in Austin has more than doubledwhile Caritas in partnership with the city positions Austin as a leading destination for the nations Caritas of Austin"
X Link 2025-01-30T12:16Z 11.3K followers, 85.2K engagements
"BREAKING: Austin City Council votes in FAVOR of injecting the city's homelessness industry with another $350 million all but guaranteeing that we will continue to see a sharp rise in homelessness in Austin. I'm also told they voted in favor of a separate $2.5 million gift to Caritas in Austin a nonprofit that has already collected $161 million over the years and has helped turn Austin into one of the nation's homelessness hotspots. Caritas also spends millions to "resettle" migrants in Austin offering them cash housing and job training. Austin is voting whether to follow San Franciscos"
X Link 2025-01-30T20:53Z 11.3K followers, 199.4K engagements
"The other day @VikkiGoodwinTX posted a picture of herself with the Austin Asian Chamber. I asked her why taxpayers are subsidizing identity-based groups. She kindly replied and said we're not funding the chamber. Then I showed her evidence that we are ($350k). Then she went silent. @VikkiGoodwinTX I just want to extend my offer once again to work with you to find all racial- and identity-based taxpayer subsidies that are violating the Constitution and multiple civil rights codes. This is an 80/20 issue and by compelling the city to take action you can be the Democratic leader on this issue."
X Link 2025-02-16T07:58Z 11.3K followers, 11.4K engagements
"May 2024: AUSTIN MAN kidnaps a woman from a bus stop sexually assaults her at knifepoint. Arrested for aggravated kidnapping/sexual assault. June 2024: DA rejects charges. What happened next: Aug 2024: Arrested againmeth possession & evading police in a vehicle. Jan 2025: DA rejects charges again. @Jennifer_cleat @KXAN_News @KVUE @fox7austin Nobody in the MSM followed up on what happened to Mr. Benford a convicted sex offender. Caught and released numerous times before and after this incident. https://t.co/fWVckD0ieQ @Jennifer_cleat @KXAN_News @KVUE @fox7austin Nobody in the MSM followed up"
X Link 2025-02-22T14:52Z 11.3K followers, 64.6K engagements
"AUSTIN MAN charged with murder but not in custodydespite a credible witness and surveillance video of the killing. 2022: Stabbed man to death. $300k bonddropped to $1 and dismissed 2024: Caught with meth. Charge dismissed Over a year later. Where is indictment"
X Link 2025-02-27T12:19Z 11.3K followers, 25.9K engagements
"🚨BREAKING: I'm told the City Council postponed this vote due to people complaining You did it Sources tell me that council members are starting to feel the heat over this and are discussing the vote. Everyone assumed it was a unanimous yes vote. But now maybe not Call and email to voice your opinion over this measure. Sources tell me that council members are starting to feel the heat over this and are discussing the vote. Everyone assumed it was a unanimous yes vote. But now maybe not Call and email to voice your opinion over this measure"
X Link 2025-03-05T00:04Z 11.3K followers, 32.5K engagements
"My followers successfully pressured Austin City Council to postpone measures that would send $10.6 million to bad artists from other cities. The battle was won but victory is not yet at hand. The agenda will come back on March [--]. Keep the pressure on. I showed up to the Austin City Council Meeting today prepared to speak on agenda items [--] [--] [--] concerning these contracts. Minutes into the meeting they announced that these agenda items would be postponed to March 27th. Read my statements in this thread. See you March 27th I showed up to the Austin City Council Meeting today prepared to speak on"
X Link 2025-03-07T01:52Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Was Austin-based Infowars reporter Jamie White targeted Or was this a tragic case of confrontation of car thieves who knew nothing about him I dont know. But here are some facts to consider"
X Link 2025-03-23T16:47Z 11.3K followers, 55.3K engagements
"AUSTIN MAN caused a scene at HEB trying to cash a checkcalled the clerk a bitch told the officer fck off and refused to leave. When told he was under arrest he ran [---] feet through a Whataburger lot. Caught. Cuffed. Thenwhile waiting for patrol to transport himhe slipped out of the cuffs yelled fck you and ran again with one wrist still chained. Another [---] feet before OC spray brought him down. John Chavezs history: Assault (family violence) [---] days Theft dismissed 3x interfered w/ [---] [--] bond revocations Bond forfeiture civil suit [--] years of leniency. Still no trial"
X Link 2025-04-20T13:06Z 11.3K followers, 16.9K engagements
"AUSTIN MAN was caught with a fully automatic Glock [--] stolen from a cops trunkalongside a Smith & Wesson rifle two POLICE-stamped body armor vests a tactical duty belt loaded mags and handcuffs. He filmed himself holding it. His fingerprint was lifted off one of the burglarized cars. And jail calls from his co-defendant led deputies to his stash house on Manor Rd where a woman admitted hiding the guns in a backpack. Prosecutors gave him probation for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Christopher Cruse is just 20but has [--] charges since age 13: [--] aggravated assaults w/deadly weapon 2"
X Link 2025-04-20T22:30Z 11.3K followers, 22.3K engagements
"Austin City Council is about to blow $26M on office space $10M on climate-themed transit fluff and another $5.8M convincing people not to drive. Heres whats on Thursdays agenda.👇"
X Link 2025-04-23T17:09Z 11.3K followers, 11.9K engagements
"AUSTIN MAN breaks into critical emergency communications tower that serves all Austin first responders causing $100000+ damage that could've crippled the citys [---] system for weeks. Jorge Barge Jr was caught red-handed cutting copper cables from inside the secured facility stealing hundreds of feet of wiring. He ran into the woods and was tasered by police. Meth and cocaine found in his van. But here's the kicker: Barge was out on bond from THREE felony charges just [--] days earlier metal theft stolen vehicle drug possession. His record with Austin prosecutors: [--] total cases since [----] [--] plea"
X Link 2025-06-12T13:16Z 11.3K followers, 40.8K engagements
"AUSTIN WOMAN racked up [--] charges and continues stealing from Austin businesses while prosecutors keep cutting her deals. Ashley Brown's latest arrest: caught stealing merchandise from Research Boulevard store. She was already out on bond for two other theft cases where she'd skipped court and forfeited bonds. Her record with Austin prosecutors: [--] total charges [--] plea deals [--] dismissals/declined [--] jury trials Repeatedly released on personal bonds despite chronic failures to appear Pattern since 2020: [--] arrests averaging one every [--] days. Mostly theft and trespass. Each time: brief jail"
X Link 2025-08-05T18:07Z 11.3K followers, 14.5K engagements
"AUSTIN WOMAN maced a Capital Metro bus driver after he asked her to turn down loud music spraying pepper spray that burned his lungs and eyes. "You're a a bitch your mother is a bitch a dead bitch she told him before reaching under protective plexiglass shield and macing him. Rolesa Claverie's recent record: 2023: F2 aggravated assault with knife DISMISSED after indictment 2024: F2 aggravated assault with knife DA REJECTED (never filed) 2024: Assault causes bodily injury DECLINED to prosecute 2025: Felony evading arrest with priors DA REJECTED Her theft case this month was reduced from state"
X Link 2025-08-08T12:04Z 11.3K followers, 14.1K engagements
"AUSTIN TX Over the last decade Travis County jail bookings have fallen by nearly 50% while the countys population has grown by 20%. There is no overcrowding. Right now the jail has excess capacity of [---]. Fewer people in jail means more violent criminals on the street"
X Link 2025-09-11T14:02Z 11.3K followers, 15.8K engagements
"EXCLUSIVE: The suspect in todays Austin Central Library shooting is HAROLD NEWTON KEENE a repeat offender long protected by Travis Countys revolving-door justice system. Just after noon Keene opened fire inside the downtown library injuring one man and sending terrified patrons running for cover. The victim suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Keene fled the scene and was captured about an hour later in South Austin. This was not Keenes first violent incident. Back in April Keene lured a man outside a day-labor staffing office on Airport Blvd just steps from Eastside Pies then"
X Link 2025-10-25T21:48Z 11.3K followers, 485.1K engagements
"Austins leaders say they need a 20% property tax hike to keep the city running. But their own spending tells a different story. Council Member Ryan Alter made a show of donating $100000 to the Parks Departmentposing with a giant checkand TV cameras. The catch: it wasnt his money. It came from his $898000 taxpayer-funded office budget. Hes also spent $10000 in public funds on groups like Texas Gun Sense Clean Water Action and the Liberal Austin Democrats and even bought himself a $2500 lifetime membership in an elite legal foundation. Council Member Vanessa Fuentes billed taxpayers $4100 for a"
X Link 2025-11-03T06:01Z 11.3K followers, 25.7K engagements
"UPDATE: Where is Austin's media [--] weeks before killing a teenager Kenan Greene forced his way into Brandy Basss home refused to leave then waited until she stepped outside to take a private call with a man she was sleeping with. He followed her out and yelled: IMA KILL YOU. IMA KILL YOU AND THAT N. TELL HIM TO PULL UP. Then he beat her in the face busting her lip. She ran tried to climb a fence. He chased her. He ripped a phone out of her friends hand to stop her from calling [---]. Police saw the injuries; they filed for a protective order. Judge Ortega denied it. [--] weeks later Greene"
X Link 2025-07-29T15:45Z 11.3K followers, 23K engagements
"AUSTIN MAN arrested in anti-deportation riots racked up [--] arrests over [--] years. Cody Bates' record with Travis County: [--] felony arrests since [----] [--] of those felonies dismissed or declined [--] total dismissals/declines across all cases Prior offenses include: Assault on public servant obstruction or retaliation burglary of habitation burglary of building manufacturing/delivery of controlled substance deadly conduct terroristic threat assault causing bodily injury burglary of vehicles with priors etc. APD Releases Details and Stats Regarding Demonstrations on June 9th -"
X Link 2025-06-12T03:34Z 11.3K followers, 15.4K engagements
"AUSTIN MAN arrested for felony theft for the tenth time while on the run from two DWI cases. Raymond Habbit [--] has been cycling through Travis County courts for nearly four decades. Dec 2024: DPS trooper pulls over Habbit's white Lexus on Toll-130. License plate expired since [----]. Car reeks of weed. Habbit admits smoking. Passenger has a BB gun and [----] grams of meth in her purse. Habbit fails field sobriety tests. Refuses blood draw. Bonded out with ankle monitor. [--] days later: APD finds Habbit at [--] AM in a parking lot bloodshot eyes swaying slurring a rambling story about a flipped car a"
X Link 2026-01-20T04:11Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Violent crime isn't random. It follows policy. In Charlotte a man with [--] prior arrests calmly stabbed a woman to death on a light-rail train. In Chicago a vagrant arrested [--] times set a woman on fire in a subway car. In D.C. teenagers who knew they'd be released brutally beat a former federal staffer during a carjacking. Austin is no different: much of our crime problem stems from repeat offenders well-known to Travis County prosecutors. This pattern isn't new. In the 1960s as authorities pulled back enforcement and embraced leniency violent felony rates more than doubled property crime"
X Link 2026-01-22T05:49Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements
"AUSTIN MAN out on bond for beating a 6-month pregnant woman - punching her head dragging her by the hair down the stairs while her two small children ran to a neighbor begging them to call [---]. Deputies had to ram through the front door he'd barricaded shut. A month later still on bond: arrested again dealing cocaine heroin meth and more. Two months after that still on bond: dragged another woman to the ground by her hair until it ripped out. Then in January cops linked Paul Torres to a Williamson County overdose. Search warrant turns up a drug stash big enough to stock a street market: a"
X Link 2026-01-22T15:52Z 11.3K followers, 120.9K engagements
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