Category: Press Release
Travis County District Attorney’s Office Secures Convictions for Man Charged with Double Murder
Travis County, TX — On Friday, May 24, 2024, a Travis County jury convicted Yong Yoon Kim, 33, of two counts of Murder. For Mr. Kim’s trial, jury selection started on Monday, May 20, 2024, and testimony began the following day. On Friday, May 24, 2024, the jury deliberated and, on the same day, found […]
Read moreTravis County District Attorney José Garza Requests for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to Vacate Governor Abbott’s Unlawful Pardon of Daniel Perry
Travis County, TX — Today, Travis County District Attorney José Garza announced that our office will file a Petition for a Writ of Mandamus asking the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to vacate Governor Abbott’s unlawful pardon of Daniel Perry for the murder of Garrett Foster. The petition asks the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals […]
Read moreTravis County District Attorney’s Office Announces Indictments Against Mitchell Wasek
Travis County, TX —On Friday, May 17, 2024, a grand jury in the 147th Judicial District Court returned six separate indictments charging Mitchell Wasek, 28, with 21 counts of the state jail felony of Invasive Visual Recording TX PC 21.15. The charges pertain to thirteen separate victims who were alleged to have been secretly recorded […]
Read moreTravis County District Attorney’s Office Secures Conviction for Man Charged with Murder
Travis County, TX — On Thursday, May 16, 2024, a Travis County jury convicted Francisco Lopez, 36, of Murder. For Mr. Lopez’s trial, jury selection started on Monday, May 13, 2024, and testimony began that day. On Thursday, May 16, 2024, the jury deliberated and found Mr. Lopez guilty of Murder. On Friday, May 17, […]
Read morePhone Scam Calls Continue to be Reported to the Travis County District Attorney’s Office
Travis County, TX — The Travis County District Attorney’s Office wants residents to be aware of a phone scam in which individuals continue to pose as representatives from the Office. On Monday, May 20, 2024, our office received a complaint from a resident who reported receiving a phone call from someone pretending to be a […]
Read moreTravis County DA’s Office Secures Conviction for Man Charged with Double Murder
Travis County, TX — On Monday, May 13, 2024, a Travis County jury convicted Edgar Alejandro Barahona, 22, of two counts of Murder. For Mr. Barahona’s trial, jury selection started on Monday, May 6, 2024, and testimony began the following day. On Monday, May 13, 2024, the jury deliberated and found Mr. Barahona guilty of […]
Read moreTravis County DA’s Office Secures Conviction for Man Charged with Assault Family Violence with a Prior Conviction
Travis County, TX — On Wednesday, May 8, 2024, a Travis County jury convicted Michael Jason Sanchez, 34, of Assault Family Violence with a Prior Conviction for Assault Family Violence. For Mr. Sanchez’s trial, jury selection started on Monday, May 6, 2024, and testimony began the following day. On Wednesday, May 8, 2024, the jury […]
Read moreTravis County District Attorney José Garza Releases Statement on the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles’ Clemency Recommendation for Daniel Perry
The Board and the Governor have put their politics over justice and made a mockery of our legal system. They should be ashamed of themselves. Their actions are contrary to the law and demonstrate that there are two classes of people in this state where some lives matter and some lives do not. They have […]
Read moreTravis County DA’s Office Secures Guilty Plea in Environmental Pollution Case
Travis County, TX — Today, Travis County District Attorney José Garza announced that on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, Inland Recycling, LLC CEO David Polston pleaded guilty to the offense of Intentional or Knowing Unauthorized Discharge. In April 2019, Mr. Polston allowed his company, Inland Recycling, an oil and gas recycling facility located in Colorado County, […]
Read moreTravis County DA’s Office Announces Indictment Against Bert Baker
Travis County, TX — Today, Travis County District Attorney José Garza announced that on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, a grand jury in the 450th Judicial District Court returned an indictment charging Bert Baker, 36, with the offense of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. The grand jury did not make a hate crime finding, meaning […]
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