travis county jail

A former West Point officer protested in front of the Travis County jail Thursday over his arrest on New Year’s Eve by Austin police.

Antonio Buehler, 34, says he was arrested on New Year's Eve when he began taking pictures with his cellphone of Austin police behaving badly.

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When shortstop Brandon Loy was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the fifth round of the 2011 MLB Draft, the Longhorns lost half of their starting middle infield.

After Jordan Etier was arrested and charged with marijuana possession and evading police four months later, it seemed as if they would lose the other half.

Some West Campus residents said they are taking extra precautions when walking home at night after felony charges were filed Monday against a man in the case of an attempted sexual assault perpetrated against a UT student between 2 and 3 a.m. on Nov. 1 as she left her sorority house, according to an arrest affidavit.

Joseph Edward Barkley, 23, remained in Travis County Jail on Tuesday for both the attempted sexual assault and felony charges in the case of an aggravated robbery that occurred on Nov. 8 and left Barkley with stab wounds, the affidavit said.

Travis County Jail, a curious item on the Austin ZeitgeistThe Long Center, Cap Metro, and the ceaseless expansion of the Birds Barbershop brand were all among the top things on Austinites' minds this year, according to Google's annual Zeitgeist listing.

Blogging has been light, admittedly in part since I ‘discovered’ iTunes, but this favorite Tom T.

Hall gem made me think about bologna sandwiches in the Travis County Jail. After being arrested for speeding while ‘sitting at a red light’, the narrator discovers the pleasures of what can only be small southern town 60s or 70s justice:

The Sheriff’s Office publishes a list of everyone booked into the Travis County Jail, and I’ve been watching it over the last week or so to keep track of the new policy of housing Immigration (ICE) in the jail. The numbers of folks listed under ‘INS Detainer’ has certainly increased exponentially.

But today I noticed that there were over thirty arrests for prostitution this weekend, and while I don’t look at the list regularly, much less keep detailed statistics,  I’m pretty sure that means there was a john sting operation.

From Wednesday’s Austin American Statesman, Sheriff defends allowing immigration officials to have office at jail:

Travis County Sheriff Greg Hamilton encountered sharp criticism and a smattering of support Tuesday for his decision to allow federal immigration agents to establish an office at the Travis County Jail.

The Austin Criminal Defense Lawyers Association listserv has been buzzing the last week or so. Local defense attorneys had noticed a much higher rate of immigration holds being placed on clients. Was this a trend?

And today, the Austin American Statesman brings us the answer, “Sheriff to let federal immigration agents set up office in jail. Agents will look for undocumented immigrants.”

An arrest is made in a West Campus beating that may have been a hate crime.  Marlon Hoy, 19, was booked into the Travis County Jail Friday morning on a charge of assault causing bodily injury.

An Austin attorney turned himself into the Travis County Jail on three charges of tampering with a governmental record and three charges of forgery.