{"id":398137,"date":"2026-08-05T07:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T07:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/398137\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T07:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T07:58:07","slug":"acc-police-arrest-suspect-after-swatting-call-near-eastview-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/398137\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC police arrest suspect after swatting call near Eastview campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas  \u2014 Austin Community College (ACC) police arrested a person Tuesday after determining a report of an active threat near the college&#8217;s Eastview campus was a &#8220;swatting&#8221; call. <\/p>\n<p>ACC said there is no active incident or emergency at any of its campuses and that all campuses remain secure and fully operational.<\/p>\n<p>The Austin Community College Police Department has wrapped up its investigation into the false police report.<\/p>\n<p>ACC Police said the false call was made near the Eastview campus at about 10 a.m. Tuesday. Austin police and fire crews responded to support ACC officers during the call. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/austin-city-council-set-to-debate-budget-amendments-ahead-of-upcoming-votes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO | Austin City Council set to debate budget amendments ahead of upcoming votes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The individual who made the report has been identified as Victor Ramirez, 48. According to ACC, he was arrested for false report to a peace officer, a Class B misdemeanor, and for possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>Ramirez is not affiliated with the college.<\/p>\n<p>Around 11 a.m., a separate 911 call came in related to the initial incident, but the caller gave the wrong address, directing officers to ACC&#8217;s Highland campus instead, ACC said. Officers responded and cleared the scene without incident after determining the address was incorrect.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I got a text alert saying there was a false report and no actual safety concern,&#8221; ACC student Amelia Schwartz. &#8220;These things need to be taken seriously because we live in an environment where there are a fair amount of genuine threats, there are a fair amount of genuine shootings and bombings, because these things do happen for real fairly often. When false reports happen, it could be believable enough that it wastes resources.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>ACC officials were not available for an interview, but ACC District Chief of Police Gizette Disher gave CBS Austin this statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am grateful our campuses and community remain safe tonight. False reports like this can create real alarm. I am proud of how swiftly our officers responded and took decisive action. ACC Police treat every report with extreme seriousness. Our rapid response ensures our community stays protected.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Austin Community College (ACC) police arrested a person Tuesday after determining a report of an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-398137","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\/398137","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=398137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}