{"id":350746,"date":"2026-06-26T00:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T00:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/350746\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T00:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T00:30:13","slug":"police-seek-suspect-in-machete-point-robbery-at-central-austin-walgreens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/350746\/","title":{"rendered":"Police seek suspect in machete-point robbery at Central Austin Walgreens"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Austin police are asking for the public\u2019s help identifying a suspect accused of robbing a Walgreens at machete-point in Central Austin last weekend.<\/p>\n

According to the Austin Police Department, the aggravated robbery happened around 5:41 a.m. Saturday, June 20, at the Walgreens located at 4501 Guadalupe Street.<\/p>\n

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Police said the suspect entered the store armed with a machete and demanded property from an employee. After taking the stolen property, investigators said the suspect fled the scene in a dark-colored four-door sedan, possibly an older-model Nissan Altima.<\/p>\n

\"After<\/p>\n

After taking the stolen property, investigators said the suspect fled the scene in a dark-colored four-door sedan, possibly an older-model Nissan Altima. (Photo: APD)<\/p>\n

The suspect is described as a white man in his early 30s with a thin build, short brown hair and a brown beard.<\/p>\n

He was last seen wearing glasses, a white T-shirt, khaki shorts and black Nike slides, according to police.<\/p>\n

\"According<\/p>\n

According to the Austin Police Department, the aggravated robbery happened around 5:41 a.m. Saturday, June 20, at the Walgreens located at 4501 Guadalupe Street. (Photo: APD)<\/p>\n

APD\u2019s Robbery Unit is investigating and has released surveillance images<\/a> of the suspect.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information is asked to contact APD\u2019s Robbery Unit at 512-974-5092. Anonymous tips can also be submitted through Capital Area Crime Stoppers or by calling 512-472-8477. A reward of up to $1,000 may be available for information leading to an arrest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Austin police are asking for the public\u2019s help identifying a suspect accused of robbing a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-350746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350746","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=350746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}