{"id":404383,"date":"2026-08-12T09:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T09:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/404383\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T09:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T09:15:08","slug":"man-arrested-after-leading-austin-police-on-chase-in-stolen-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/404383\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested after leading Austin police on chase in stolen vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 A 29-year-old man was arrested early Sunday morning after leading police on a pursuit in a stolen vehicle, according to the Austin Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded shortly after 12:30 a.m. Aug. 9 to a report of a stolen vehicle being tracked near East Riverside Drive and Wickersham Lane, police said. Officers located the vehicle and attempted a traffic stop, but the driver, identified as Daveon D. Williams, failed to stop and led officers on a pursuit through the area, according to APD.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/former-deputy-arrested-charged-in-fatal-shooting-of-texas-state-freshman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO | Former deputy arrested, charged in fatal shooting of Texas State freshman<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the pursuit, officers disabled the vehicle near Crossing Place and East Riverside Drive, where Williams exited and fled on foot, police said. Officers pursued him and took him into custody after deploying a Taser.<\/p>\n<p>A search of the stolen vehicle turned up a firearm, suspected marijuana and other items, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Williams was booked into the Travis County Jail and charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, a third-degree felony; evading arrest or detention with a vehicle, a third-degree felony; unlawful use of a motor vehicle, a state jail felony; and evading arrest or detention on foot, a Class A misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 A 29-year-old man was arrested early Sunday morning after leading police on a pursuit in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-404383","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\/404383","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=404383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}