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They've butted heads for years over which crimes get prosecuted. In a joint interview with KUT News, Police Chief Lisa Davis ...
DA José Garza campaigned on a promise to prosecute police officers — whom he now must work with to prosecute other crimes.
Statesman's Tony Plohetski recently broke an alarming story : 54‑year‑old Mario Mata gave police a detailed confession last ...
A continuing KVUE Defenders investigation identifies a new consequence to missed indictment deadlines by the Travis County District Attorney’s Office: the deportation – instead of prosecution – of ...
The American-Statesman and KVUE identified at least five suspects, including Mata, believed to be in the U.S. illegally who were transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in recent ...
A Travis County grand jury returned 17 indictments against a former Eanes Independent School District music teacher, ...
AUSTIN, Texas - A man was sentenced after a jury convicted him of aggravated kidnapping and sexual assault. Maurys O. Madruga ...
Former Lyft driver Maurys O. Madruga-Mesa convicted of 2024 kidnapping and sexual assault, sentenced to 10 years.
A former Eanes school district teacher was indicted this week on 17 counts related to child pornography. When arrested in ...
A coalition of city and county leaders, as well as public health experts, gathered in Austin Monday afternoon for the fourth ...
Former Eanes ISD teacher Zachary Barnett has been indicted on 17 counts, including child exploitation and pornography, after ...
Zachary Barnett, a former music teacher at Cedar Creek Elementary School, was arrested and charged in February after Texas ...