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An arrest has been made in the June assault of an Austin cab driver. According to the Austin Police Department, Dustin Rowden has been charged with assault on a disabled individual. Police say Rowden was a fare for a Yellow Cab driver around 1:00 a.m. June 10 when he asked to be taken to William [...]

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Austin Police have arrested two parents they say helped arrange a fight between their teenage daughters. According to officials with the Austin Police Department, 34 year-old Robert Gonzalez and 35 year-old Monica Ochoa are charged with injury to a child. Police say the parents helped set up a fight between their 14 and 15 year-old [...]

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An Austin man on Monday pleaded guilty to two charges of domestic abuse. According to Mower County District Court documents, 25 year-old Santiago Carlos Rubio pleaded guilty to two counts of gross misdemeanor domestic assault. Rubio pleaded guilty in exchange for six other criminal charges being dismissed: one count of felony terroristic threats, two counts [...]

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A firefighter in Austin has been arrested for check fraud and drug possession. According to officials with the Austin Police Department, Austin firefighter Ben David Haygood was arrested after a weekend traffic stop along Bee Cave Road. Police say Haygood was driving a pickup truck with faulty brake lights and no license plate when he [...]

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An Austin man was arrested Thursday night on charges of destering the U.S. Marine Corps. According to officials with the Mower County Sheriff’s Department, 20 year-old Joshua Fauske was arrested shortly after 11:00 p.m. Thursday in the 800 block of Fifth Street Northwest. Fauske was cooperative when police took him into custody, Police Chief Brian [...]

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