{"id":388271,"date":"2026-07-27T22:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/388271\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T22:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:34:11","slug":"texas-rangers-seeking-man-released-on-bond-prematurely-after-nw-austin-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/388271\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Rangers seeking man released on bond prematurely after NW Austin arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dps-bexar-suspects-arrested-in-austin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"432\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-v-653d32e2=\"\"\/> article    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; The Texas Rangers are looking for a man released on bond prematurely in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/travis-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Travis County<\/a> after he and three others were arrested in connection with a San Antonio home invasion.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">21-year-old Rodney Robinson III is at large and is a suspect in a June 15 home invasion in northeast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/bexar-county\/san-antonio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">San Antonio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">Timeline:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">In June, the Texas Rangers began helping the Bexar County Sheriff&#8217;s Office in finding Robinson.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The Rangers&#8217; investigation included hits from automated license plate readers (ALPRs) on a car linked to Robinson, which led investigators to an apartment complex in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/travis-county\/austin\/northwest-austin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Northwest Austin<\/a> near RM 2222 and McNeil Drive.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">On July 8, at around 12:45 p.m., the Rangers and Texas DPS special agents saw Robinson and another person drive away from the complex in that car.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">DPS troopers tried to conduct a traffic stop, but Robinson allegedly refused to stop, leading troopers on a short vehicle pursuit. Troopers were able to immobilize his car, and Robinson began to flee on foot, according to the Texas Rangers.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/clai8tu92bs6qk3c.jpg\" alt=\"DPS joint operation pursuit\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/clai8tu92bs6qk3c.jpg\" alt=\"DPS joint operation pursuit\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-6546b402=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/video\/fmc-eabjbzrbsofy5h4d\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DPS joint operation pursuit<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-892ef6a8=\"\">The Texas Department of Public Safety, as part of a joint operation with the Bexar Co. Sheriff\u2019s Office, arrested four individuals in Northwest Austin in connection to a San Antonio home invasion earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Troopers finally apprehended Robinson by deploying a taser, and he was arrested for evading arrest with a motor vehicle and other outstanding warrants for evading arrest, unlawful carrying of a weapon and marijuana possession.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">His passenger, 23-year-old Devion Sommers, was also arrested on an outstanding murder charge and two other charges, burglary of a habitation with the intent to commit another felony and engaging in organized criminal activity.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">A few hours after that, the Texas Rangers SWAT team executed a search warrant on a third-floor apartment at the complex. However, two more suspects tried to flee by climbing down the exterior balcony.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/fr5bx51sy6b9snfu.jpg\" alt=\"DPS SWAT arrests 2 in joint operation\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/fr5bx51sy6b9snfu.jpg\" alt=\"DPS SWAT arrests 2 in joint operation\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-6546b402=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/video\/fmc-d4x9req470rijdqd\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DPS SWAT arrests 2 in joint operation<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-892ef6a8=\"\">The Texas Department of Public Safety, as part of a joint operation with the Bexar Co. Sheriff\u2019s Office, arrested four individuals in connection to a San Antonio home invasion earlier this month. Two of them attempted to escape via a balcony and were stopped by SWAT.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">21-year-old Nehemiah Pratt and 19-year-old Kentrell Guillory were taken into custody on charges of burglary of a habitation with the intent to commit another felony and engaging in organized criminal activity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Guillory also had an outstanding warrant for murder from Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Authorities recovered 11 firearms and illegal drugs from both the car and the apartment.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">While three of the suspects remain in custody, Robinson was released on bond before additional felony warrants connected to the home invasion were issued out of Bexar County.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Bond had been set at $10,000 for the evading arrest charge from his Travis County arrest.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">He is 5&#8217;10&#8221;, about 140 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dps-robinson-arrest.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Rodney Robinson  (Texas Rangers)<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Anyone with information on Robinson&#8217;s whereabouts is urged to contact law enforcement immediately.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">He is considered armed and dangerous, so if you encounter him, you are urged to call 911 immediately.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Anonymous tips can be submitted via <a href=\"https:\/\/iwatchtexas.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">iWatchTexas.org<\/a> or the iWatchTexas mobile app.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this report comes from the Texas Rangers and Travis County court records.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/bexar-county\/san-antonio\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Antonio<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/travis-county\/austin\/northwest-austin\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Northwest Austin<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; The Texas Rangers are looking for a man released on bond prematurely in Travis&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,698,1046,223,7485,82,394,216,393],"class_list":["post-388271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-bexar-county","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-news","tag-northwest-austin","tag-san-antonio","tag-travis-county","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388271","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=388271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}