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https://www.kvue.com/article/news/crime/austin-police-swat-merle-drive/269-c7c62924-f455-45b6-b3e2-a5137b4bc270

This one was interesting, too.  I'm interested if anyone has the dude's name yet, and what his priors are.  Several tweeting he was out on bond when this happened.  Sorry for partying?

 

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AUSTIN, Texas — A man is in custody following an hourslong SWAT standoff in South Austin.

According to the Austin Police Department, they received a burglary hotshot call just before 12 p.m. Wednesday at a home near Merle Drive and West Ben White Boulevard.

When officers arrived at the home, police said they learned a naked man forced his way into the home and assaulted one of the residents.

 

Police believe at least two people were inside the home at the time and were able to get out of the home safely. After the residents got out, the homeowner told police that there were several loaded firearms inside the home, which led to APD's SWAT team coming to the scene.

After nearly three hours, the man surrendered and was taken to the Travis County Jail where he faces a felony burglary charge, according to police.

Residents in the area reported gunfire during the standoff, but police said those reports may have been caused by "distractionary" devices used by officers during the incident.

Meanwhile, police said they're unsure if the man was intoxicated or suffering from a mental crisis at the time of the incident.

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When she turned around, a naked man holding a drug pipe and a butane torch lighter was standing in her living room, she said. She tried talking to him, she said, but he appeared to be high on drugs because his eyes were darting back and forth and he wasn't able to say anything coherent.

 

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I was on the feeder at 7:15 this morning at 183 and Anderson Mill and there was a guy jogging in the far right lane (not on the sidewalk). I was looking to change lanes to enter the freeway so I didn't see him until pretty late. I'll be surprised if the guy doesn't end up on the news pretty soon if it is a regular thing he does. Who would do that?

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Daughter snapped this pic this morning:
 
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What is that?  Some dude on his Rascal-ish scooter.....in a primary traffic lane.  Is there a sidewalk in that area?  Yes.  Is there even a bike lane?  Also yes.  Does Boomer give a fuck?  NO.  He'll just hold up an entire lane of traffic using his Rascal as if it was a freaking car, except it goes about 5 mph.

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1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

Daughter snapped this pic this morning:
 
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What is that?  Some dude on his Rascal-ish scooter.....in a primary traffic lane.  Is there a sidewalk in that area?  Yes.  Is there even a bike lane?  Also yes.  Does Boomer give a fuck?  NO.  He'll just hold up an entire lane of traffic using his Rascal as if it was a freaking car, except it goes about 5 mph.

Everyone has lost their fucking minds. It's a race to the bottom for who can be the most selfish dipship. Old, young, black, white, male, female, rich, poor, doesn't matter. The entire world has gone full idiot mode.

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Popular Austin restaurant Easy Tiger is in hot water for allegedly withholding tips from employees.

The situation prompted at least one employee to file a report with the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor (DOL). That person alleged to KXAN that hourly managers and back of house staff received tips.

 

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/austin-restaurant-easy-tiger-investigated-by-department-of-labor-workers-allege-wage-theft/

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A plot to murder a rapper at a show in downtown Austin has led to the arrests of two men, according to court paperwork.

39-year-old Don Lee Bennett and 38-year-old Pierre Laday Jones were arrested on March 10. 

Jones told police that Bennett and the other associate were planning to attend the rap show near East Sixth Street, and made preparations with Jones to use his VIP access credentials for SXSW to attend, says the affidavit. According to Jones, the VIP access would exempt the two men from being searched at the door and allowing them to sneak in concealed weapons.

SXSW has contacted FOX 7 Austin and clarified that there is no such thing as VIP Access credentials at SXSW and Jones couldn't have used any SXSW credentials to get in to a non-SXSW show. 

Jones said the two men wanted to kill the performer in order to prevent him from testifying in a court case. Bennett was allegedly going to pay Jones $450 to deliver the handgun to him at the concert venue. 

Jones also told police he believed the two men were coming to downtown from Killeen, that they were armed and dangerous and had at least six firearms, including an AK-47.

 

https://www.fox7austin.com/news/murder-plot-rap-show-arrests-affidavit

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For those that don't know the story, local weather guy Avery Tomasco was in a small wreck a few months ago. Guy got out of his car and took a swing at him, narrowly missing him. It's all on camera. 

Tomasco just got word that because the guy missed, the county attorney's office (Delia Garza, I believe) is dropping the case.
 

 

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6 minutes ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

For those that don't know the story, local weather guy Avery Tomasco was in a small wreck a few months ago. Guy got out of his car and took a swing at him, narrowly missing him. It's all on camera. 

Tomasco just got word that because the guy missed, the county attorney's office (Delia Garza, I believe) is dropping the case.
 

 

That....is fucking stupid.  Seriously.  First and foremost, because the assailant DID strike him (see the shove after the punch), so the DA's story doesn't even make sense.  But reason 1A...."assault" is a crime that does not require that the fist make contact ("threatening another with bodily harm" -- which throwing a punch is a bullseye) (contact causing injury is "battery").

Our DA sucks.

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8 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Not that it justifies the attempted punch, but it seemed to me that Mike Tyson had the right of way.

How so? He's supposed to yield to the car exiting the freeway, right?

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2 minutes ago, Bojack said:

How so? He's supposed to yield to the car exiting the freeway, right?

I thought the exiting car was driven by the guy who threw the punch?  The other guy came up after parking and took photos, right?

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2 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

I thought the exiting car was driven by the guy who threw the punch?  The other guy came up after parking and took photos, right?

The assailant was driving the light blue Prius.

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2 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

But you don't see no bruises or marks up on Tomasco.  Because he's a Weather Man.  Weathermen bruise on the inside.  But you don't know that 'cause you an ignorant muthafucka

I wouldn't Trade Places with Tomasco.

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The assailant was driving the light blue Prius.

That's a weird fucking sentence.

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1 hour ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

For those that don't know the story, local weather guy Avery Tomasco was in a small wreck a few months ago. Guy got out of his car and took a swing at him, narrowly missing him. It's all on camera. 

Tomasco just got word that because the guy missed, the county attorney's office (Delia Garza, I believe) is dropping the case.
 

 

JFC. That’s fucking ridiculous.

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Re: Tomasco -- Someone posted the story on Austin Reddit yesterday and he chimed in. He said that a new DA lawyer fresh out of law school had his case and told him there wouldn't be charges because it was hard to prove (?!). 

Mysteriously, that entire thread is nowhere to be seen now.

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37 minutes ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

Re: Tomasco -- Someone posted the story on Austin Reddit yesterday and he chimed in. He said that a new DA lawyer fresh out of law school had his case and told him there wouldn't be charges because it was hard to prove (?!). 

Mysteriously, that entire thread is nowhere to be seen now.

 

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14 hours ago, Mittens said:

 

Now the thread is there? The mystery deepens. Are nefarious forces deleting and then repopulating r/Austin threads? For what purpose? We have to get to the bottom of this.

Scrolled through and didn't see it. Searched his name and didn't see it. Thought it had been removed.

 

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On 1/9/2024 at 12:47 PM, Nicole44 said:

Incompetent to stand trial.

https://www.fox7austin.com/news/machete-attack-teen-suspect-incompetent-auditorium-shores-lady-bird-lake

 

Also, the West Campus stabbing, well one of the West Campus stabbings, the stabber was also found incompetent.

https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/man-deemed-incompetent-in-june-2023-west-campus-stabbing/

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6 hours ago, crash_davis said:

Incompetent to stand trial.

https://www.fox7austin.com/news/machete-attack-teen-suspect-incompetent-auditorium-shores-lady-bird-lake

 

Also, the West Campus stabbing, well one of the West Campus stabbings, the stabber was also found incompetent.

https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/man-deemed-incompetent-in-june-2023-west-campus-stabbing/

"released to a care facility" = sent back to their homeless camps/drug dens after a pinky swear to be less stabby

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7 minutes ago, rage-a-holic said:

"released to a care facility" = sent back to their homeless camps/drug dens after a pinky swear to be less stabby

Probably sent to Austin State Hospital for a few months of minimum security detention.

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6 hours ago, crash_davis said:

Incompetent to stand trial.

https://www.fox7austin.com/news/machete-attack-teen-suspect-incompetent-auditorium-shores-lady-bird-lake

 

Also, the West Campus stabbing, well one of the West Campus stabbings, the stabber was also found incompetent.

https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/man-deemed-incompetent-in-june-2023-west-campus-stabbing/

The problems that these cases point to are NOT that our DA is awful (he is) or that our system of justice is "soft on crime" (it really isn't).  It's that...for the millionth fucking time.....we have SO fucked up the issue of mental health in this country it's beyond belief.  It's a disservice to the public -- there's fucking dangerous people who are utterly disconnected from reality just walking around, ready to cause tremendous harm/death.  And it's even a disservice to the dangerous people themselves -- when they are not psychotic, they generally very very much want what most of us want: to live their lives without being hurt or hurting anyone else.

But, having a mental healthcare apparatus worth a shit would be pussy communism socialism, and these crazy people should just pull themselves up by their bootstraps and if they fail in that we should execute them.

Just so. Fucking.  Stupid.  It's maddening.

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On 3/14/2024 at 11:15 PM, Nicole44 said:

I told you dung beetles we had an arsonist. Now car dealer weirdo is connected to at least four fires. Like wtf man? 
 

 

Oh, and a Nate Paul connection, too. 🍿

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What the fuck with car dealers getting involved in homicide, murder-for-hire, domestic violence, and now arson?  And now a Nate Paul connection.  I don't have to tell you what leads to...Mexico and certain statewide officials.  And yes, Frank Stallone.  Well at least Nicole has an alibi from all of this.  

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