{"id":409058,"date":"2026-08-17T18:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T18:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/409058\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T18:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T18:04:07","slug":"travis-county-jury-convicts-man-of-sexual-assault-sentences-him-to-8-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/409058\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis County jury convicts man of sexual assault, sentences him to 8 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas  \u2014 A Travis County jury convicted a 57-year-old man of sexual assault earlier this month and sentenced him to eight years in prison, according to the Travis County District Attorney&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Antonio Vasquez Vasquez was found guilty Aug. 5. The jury acquitted Vasquez of a separate charge of burglary of a habitation with intent to commit a sexual offense.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/crews-battle-apartment-fire-in-southeast-austin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO | Crews battle apartment fire in southeast Austin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Travis County Sheriff&#8217;s Office arrested Vasquez on July 15, 2024, charging him with sexual assault and burglary of a habitation with intent to commit a sexual offense. He was indicted on both counts Feb. 13, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our office is grateful to our dedicated staff and law enforcement partners, who worked tirelessly to hold the defendant accountable and seek justice for the victim,&#8221; Travis County District Attorney Jos\u00e9 Garza said in a statement. &#8220;We hope this verdict continues to support the victim&#8217;s healing process.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas \u2014 A Travis County jury convicted a 57-year-old man of sexual assault earlier this month&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-409058","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\/409058","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=409058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}