{"id":305994,"date":"2026-05-23T14:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T14:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/305994\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T14:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T14:42:07","slug":"authorities-searching-for-male-accused-of-assaulting-texas-state-trooper-in-new-braunfels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/305994\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities searching for male accused of assaulting Texas state trooper in New Braunfels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas \u2013 Authorities are searching for a male accused of assaulting a Texas state trooper in New Braunfels, according to a press release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Guadalupe County Sheriff\u2019s Office and New Braunfels Police Department have increased patrols in the area of South Walnut Street and Divine Way near New Braunfels Middle School while the search continues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Officials said two males assaulted the trooper. The release did not specify whether the other male was taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The male has long black hair and was last seen wearing all-black clothing. Authorities said the male may have a bloody face from being tased.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">He may also be missing a shoe, though that detail has not been confirmed, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The alleged assault prompted a multi-agency response with heightened police presence in the surrounding neighborhood, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Authorities urge the public to avoid the immediate area if possible as the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Anyone with any information about the male\u2019s whereabouts is asked to call 911 immediately and not approach the individual.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Read also: <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas \u2013 Authorities are searching for a male accused of assaulting a Texas state trooper in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174549,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[294,2508,359,110875,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-305994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-crime","tag-guadalupe-county-sheriffs-office","tag-new-braunfels","tag-new-braunfels-police-department","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305994","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=305994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}