{"id":350961,"date":"2026-06-26T03:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T03:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/350961\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T03:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T03:38:11","slug":"austin-police-searching-for-man-accused-of-robbing-drug-store-while-armed-with-machete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/350961\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin police searching for man accused of robbing drug store while armed with machete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Austin police are searching for a suspect accused of robbing a Walgreens while armed with a machete in the early morning hours on June 20.<\/p>\n<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Austin police are searching for a suspect who&#8217;s accused of robbing a drug store last weekend while armed with a machete.<\/p>\n<p>According to APD, the incident happened at around 5:40 a.m. on June 20 at a Walgreens located at 45th and Guadalupe streets. Police say the man demanded property from an employee and stole something before leaving the scene in a dark-colored sedan.<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e5c2e8bf-f4dd-405d-b2c7-bf4bc038e104_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The suspect is described as:<\/p>\n<p>White maleEarly 30\u2019sThin buildShort brown hair and brown beardLast seen wearing glasses, a white tee shirt, khaki shorts and black Nike slides.                    <\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/bc1f53b6-3282-4ee0-a3ed-822f96946e97_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The suspect&#8217;s vehicle is described as:<\/p>\n<p>Possibly a Nissan AltimaFour-door sedanOlder modelDark-coloredUnknown license plate number                    <\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is encouraged to contact APD&#8217;s Robbery unit at 512-974-5092. A tip may be submitted anonymously through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program by visiting austincrimestoppers.org or calling 512-472-8477.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Austin police are searching for a suspect accused of robbing a Walgreens while armed with a machete in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-350961","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\/350961","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=350961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}