{"id":365589,"date":"2026-07-08T17:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T17:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/365589\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T17:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T17:18:07","slug":"apd-arrests-wanted-gang-member-with-10-outstanding-warrants-in-n-austin-apartment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/365589\/","title":{"rendered":"APD arrests wanted gang member with 10 outstanding warrants in N Austin apartment"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 APD says they have arrested a wanted gang member with 10 outstanding warrants.<\/p>\n

The Austin Police Department says their South Metro Tactical Unit launched an investigation in June 2026 into Omar Martinez, a violent gang member known for carrying firearms who had 10 outstanding arrest warrants.<\/p>\n

Martinez had previously been arrested for Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon by a Felon, Robbery, Evading Arrest, and Engaging in Organized Crime, along with drug and firearms smuggling charges.<\/p>\n

Martinez was wanted for numerous charges from DPS and APD, including charges related to family violence, theft, evading arrest, and drug possession. APD says he was also wanted for a parole violation due to a previous incident in which he evaded DPS troopers in a vehicle and APD officers on foot.<\/p>\n

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On Wednesday, July 1, APD officers in collaboration with the police department’s Air Support Unit, Robbery Unit, and SWAT, execuated an arrest and search warrant operation that led to Martinez’s arrest inside a north Austin apartment.<\/p>\n

Officers tracked Martinez in a vehicle until he appeared to recognize law enforcement following him, leading him to flee into a residence. <\/p>\n

Officers and SWAT then surrounded the location, Martinez attempting to escape through the backyard. He ultimately surrendered to officers without incident.<\/p>\n

APD says officers seized two firearms and numerous stolen items during the operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 APD says they have arrested a wanted gang member with 10 outstanding warrants. The Austin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-365589","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\/365589","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=365589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}