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<\/p>\nAUSTIN, Texas – A man who had 10 outstanding arrest warrants was arrested by the Austin Police Department.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The backstory:<\/p>\n
Police said an investigation was made into a violent gang member who had 10 outstanding warrants for his arrest. The man was also known for carrying guns.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Omar Martinez, 28, was previously arrested for unlawful carrying of a weapon by a felon, robbery, evading arrest, engaging in organized crime, manufacturing and delivery of controlled substance, firearms smuggling, and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was wanted for a parole violation warrant from a previous incident where he evaded DPS troopers in a car and then later evaded APD on foot.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Martinez’s new charges are listed down below:<\/p>\n
Felon in Possession of a Firearm (TDCJ Parole Violation) \u2013 50351486Delivery of Controlled Substance (First Degree Felony) – D1DC24208172Strangulation \u2013 Family Violence (Second Degree Felony) – D1DC26302468Evading Arrest in a Vehicle (Third Degree Felony) – D1DC25400340Interference with Request for Assistance (Class A Misdemeanor) – C1CR26501613Evading Arrest on Foot (Class A Misdemeanor) \u2013 C1CR2650146Theft (State Jail Felony)Tampering with Government Records (Class B Misdemeanor) – C1CR25700246Possession of Marijuana (Class B Misdemeanor) – C1CR25700247Operating an Unregistered\/Improperly Registered Vehicle (Class B Misdemeanor) – C1CR25700248 <\/p>\n
Omar Martinez, 28 (Austin Police Department)<\/p>\n
On July 1, an arrest and search warrant operation was executed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Martinez was tracked in a vehicle and when he noticed law enforcement officers, he ran into a North Austin apartment. He tried to escape through the backyard but was surrendered to officers without incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Police said officers executed search warrants into the apartment. They found two guns and numerous suspected stolen items with an estimated value of $2,000.<\/p>\n
This investigation remains ongoing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Source: Information from the Austin Police Department<\/p>\n
Crime and Public Safety<\/a>Austin<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas – A man who had 10 outstanding arrest warrants was arrested by the Austin Police Department.\u00a0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,1046,223,394,216,393],"class_list":["post-366793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-news","tag-travis-county","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366793","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=366793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}