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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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Police have arrested an Austin man on felony charges after they say he attempted to buy what he thought were stolen goods from an undercover officer. According to an Austin Police Department report, officers with the Property Interdiction Team were conducting an investigation into the pawning, selling, and trading of stolen goods and approached Cricket [...]

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Two contractors in Austin were arrested on burglary charges Tuesday. According to officials with the Bexar County Sheriff’s Department, Trung Van Truong and another contractor were hired to repair the ceiling at a northeast-side San Antonio home in early April and subsequently stole thousands in jewelry and other items. Deputies said Truong raided a safe [...]

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An Austin man was arrested on burglary charges after burglary victims noticed similar items for sale on Craigslist. According to officials with the Austin Police Department, 19 year-old Martin Andrade Belmontes faces burglary charges in three separate incidents. Police say Belmontes burglarized neighborhood homes and placed the stolen items on Craigslist. According to the arrest [...]

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