Results tagged “kidnapping”

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• Police are seeking three men who kidnapped three people South Austin today
• 4-year-old pronounced dead after being found in apartment pool on Wells Branch Parkway
• The Edwards Aquifer is in an 'alarm stage' status for the first time since 2006

Details are still sketchy at this time, but reports say that three people were kidnapped earlier today near the Southpark Meadows area (9300 S. IH35). One person escaped, but two are supposedly still captured. APD will hold a press conference at 3pm to go over more of the details. [Statesman via Twitter]

It's supposed to freeze tonight . . . but isn't it March? Villa Muse may not set shop in the outskirts of Austin after all. Huston-Tillotson is growing. Police have released a sketch of the woman abducted at a Bastrop Whataburger yesterday morning. "I'm so sorry. I left a lot of girls pregnant. Can you tell me more about you?": Texas man had at least 4 illegitimate children by various teenage girls during his 28 years as a priest.

Image of the winning plate from TxDOT
• We're hoping for Soledad O'Brien as moderator: Obama and Hillary to appear next Thursday the 21st in CNN/Univision-sponsored debate in Austin.
• Bloggers can moderate debates, too: Eileen Smith from In the Pink Texas (and Texas Monthly) and Karen Brooks from the DMN will moderate the Democratic Senate debate between candidates Noriega and McMurrey in Austin this Wednesday, Feb. 13.
• 4 men arrested for the kidnapping last week of Adrian Jaimes; one of them is his father's cousin.

Adrian Jaimes found safe last night in North Austin; police are still searching for his kidnappers. Whole Foods: "more interested in cheap tomatoes than the well-being of those working to get produce to the store." Parents from NYOS charter school met with school officials this morning to discuss death of student last week; memorial service for Tevin Park-Flowers tomorrow. Convicted rapist escapes South Texas prison by leaving through an unlocked door. Women targeting businessmen at fancy Dallas hotels, slipping them the Mickey Finn to steal their watches.

Police on the lookout for Adrian Jaimes and his three abductors; his older sister recognized one of the abductors as someone who had harassed her and her brother in January on their way home from school. Sorry, Texas GOP Primary voters planning to vote for Romney! He's dropped out so that his campaign won't help the terrorists win. Or something like that. A lot of Texas GOP voters not happy about having to vote for McCain.

APD just released an Amber Alert for 5-year-old Adrian Jaimes, who they say was kidnapped around 7:45 this morning from his home in Northeast Austin. Jaimes was last seen wearing a green jacket, black t-shirt and blue pants, is about 4 feet tall, weighs about 50 pounds and tends to have a bloody nose because of allergies.