Saturday, May 25, 2013

Austin police announce no-refusal Memorial Day weekend and more recent legal news…

Community News: Austin police announce no-refusal weekend
Austin American-Statesman
Austin police are enforcing a no-refusal initiative for Memorial Day weekend beginning at 9 p.m. Friday and ending at 5 a.m. Tuesday. The no-refusal initiative is an effort to enforce boating while intoxicated and driving while intoxicated laws to ...
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Police Chief, attorney discuss DWI on Austin morning show
KHOU
That proposal brought about an interesting discussion Thursday as Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo and a DWI attorney sat in on an Austin radio show. It led to a spirited discussion about DWI on KLBJ-FM's Dudley and Bob Morning Show. Acevedo and Jamie ...
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Austin man pleads guilty to drug charge
Post-Bulletin
... awaiting a June 21 sentencing. Asher Trent Banks, 19, was arrested March 23 outside 2015 Third Avenue Northeast after members of the Austin Police Department noticed bottles of pills in his pocket while performing a welfare check at an Austin ...
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Webb Middle School briefly locked down as police pursue suspect
YNN, Your News Now
Webb Middle School was placed on lockdown as a precaution Thursday morning as police searched for a man who attempted to cash a stolen check, Veneza Bremner, an Austin Police Department spokesperson, said. According to Bremner, the subject and a ...
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Webb Middle School lock down lifted
KVUE
AUSTIN -- Police searched for a man who wrote a bad check at a bank near St. John's and Duval and led them on a chase Thursday afternoon. When the man ran away, it spawned the foot chase between him and police officers. At the time Austin police ...
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Dragged woman yells "He's going to kill me"
KVUE
AUSTIN -- Police are searching for a woman they believe was assaulted by a man earlier this week. Around 3 a.m. on Tuesday, May 21, witnesses saw a man drag a woman in a choke hold by her hair toward a blue car in a residential community on River ...
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Hood sergeant jailed in rape, kidnapping
San Antonio Express
Police say he is accused of driving a truck as another man raped the 27-year-old woman in a backseat near Huston-Tillotson University. Austin police sex crimes division Sgt. Jason Staniszewski said the other man arrested in the incident, Michael ...
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City Council to discuss high-dollar spending items
KVUE
Members will consider adding additional cameras to the Central Business District in downtown Austin, and they will look into signing a $750,000 contract to support the Austin Police Department's High Activity Location Observation Program. There are ...
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Austin Police Cracking Down on Hazardous Driving Memorial Day ...
Last year's Memorial Day weekend saw 191 car crashes, one death and 99 injuries, said Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo. This year, APD, state police, and.
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Austin Police Searching For Possible Armed Suspect - Keye TV
A middle school in Central Austin was locked down Thursday after a suspicious person -- with a possi.
www.keyetv.com/.../austin-police-searching-possible-armed-su...