{"id":478959,"date":"2026-10-28T05:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T05:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/478959\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T05:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T05:26:07","slug":"woman-arrested-in-string-of-high-value-retail-thefts-across-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/478959\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman arrested in string of high-value retail thefts across Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 A 44-year-old woman suspected in a series of high-value retail thefts across Austin has been arrested after repeatedly attempting to evade police, according to the Austin Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Police identified the suspect as Bodesha Garner, who was taken into custody Oct. 21 after officers located her driving in North Austin.<\/p>\n<p>According to APD, the investigation began May 8, when members of the North Metro Tactical Unit received information about a purse theft at The Domain.<\/p>\n<p>Officers identified Garner as a suspect the following day, and a warrant was issued for her arrest. She was initially arrested May 23.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/good-samaritan-call-leads-to-aggravated-kidnapping-arrest-in-round-rock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO| Good Samaritan call leads to aggravated kidnapping arrest in Round Rock<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over the next several months, Garner was suspected in additional high-value thefts at retailers throughout Austin, prompting authorities to issue multiple arrest warrants.<\/p>\n<p>In September, APD&#8217;s North Metro Tactical Unit began working with local retailers to locate Garner and investigate the thefts.<\/p>\n<p>On Sept. 17, officers spotted Garner driving in North Austin and attempted a traffic stop, but police said she refused to stop and fled.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities encountered her again Oct. 9 near a North Austin hotel. According to APD, Garner escaped officers by driving through two fences.<\/p>\n<p>Garner was subsequently featured in Capital Area Crime Stoppers&#8217; Wanted Wednesday campaign on Oct. 14.<\/p>\n<p>On Oct. 21, officers located Garner driving in North Austin and attempted to arrest her. Police said she again tried to evade officers but was ultimately taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p>Garner was arrested on outstanding warrants and faces additional charges of evading arrest in a motor vehicle and deadly conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators are continuing to work with Austin-area retailers to identify other theft cases potentially connected to Garner. Police said additional charges are expected.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is encouraged to submit an anonymous tip through Capital Area Crime Stoppers or call 512-472-8477.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 A 44-year-old woman suspected in a series of high-value retail thefts across Austin has been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-478959","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\/478959","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=478959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}