{"id":180503,"date":"2026-02-26T01:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T01:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/180503\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T01:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T01:48:08","slug":"police-seek-suspect-after-4000-in-electrical-wiring-damage-at-central-austin-build-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/180503\/","title":{"rendered":"Police seek suspect after $4,000 in electrical wiring damage at Central Austin build site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 The Austin Police Department\u2019s Criminal Investigation Division is asking the public for help identifying a suspect connected to a criminal mischief incident at a Central Austin construction site last December.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at approximately 1:12 p.m. at 513 W. Odell Street.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/amber-alert-continues-for-missing-girl-last-seen-in-north-austin-suspect-vehicle-located\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO| Austin 12-year-old found safe, man charged with harboring runaway child<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to authorities, the suspect entered the construction site by squeezing through the gate and caused over $4,000 in damage to the home\u2019s electrical wiring by cutting and ripping out multiple lines.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect is described as a Hispanic man, 5\u20196\u201d, weighing 200 pounds, with black hair and a trimmed beard, last seen wearing a black shirt, black pants, and gray-and-black Vans sneakers.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is urged to submit tips anonymously through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program at <a href=\"https:\/\/austincrimestoppers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">austincrimestoppers.org<\/a> or by calling 512-472-8477. A reward of up to $1,000 may be available for tips that lead to an arrest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 The Austin Police Department\u2019s Criminal Investigation Division is asking the public for help identifying a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-180503","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}