Crash near San Marcos kills three from Wimberley
3 killed in crash
Three people from Wimberley died in a fiery crash Friday near San Marcos.
According to the
Three others also were injured in the wreck.
DPS officials said Ramirez's truck was headed north on
Ramirez's vehicle continued barreling ahead until it slammed head-on into a Lincoln MKX driven by
Ramirez's truck caught fire after the crash, the DPS said.
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SAN MARCOS
Police ID driver in deadly hit-and-run
San Marcos police on Monday identified the driver in a hit-and-run crash that left a pedestrian dead Friday as 29-year-old
Robinson faces charges of intoxication manslaughter, failure to stop and render aid, escape, possession of a controlled substance, resisting arrest and possession of marijuana for his role in the crash that left 48-year-old
Police said Piano was walking at
A passenger in the van got out of the vehicle and took off, but
The driver, later identified as Robinson, continued driving toward a turnaround at the
He was arrested and taken to an area hospital.
Robinson's bail has been set at a combined total of more than
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WILLIAMSON COUNTY
Drowning victim at apartment pool ID'd
A man who drowned Saturday night in a pool at an apartment complex has been identified as 55-year-old
The drowning occurred at the Marquis at
Deputies were alerted at
Williamson County Sheriff
An autopsy is pending.
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ROUND ROCK
Police: Shotgun fired during pot deal gone wrong
Two men are accused of robbing a man selling marijuana in a deal that involved a shotgun being fired in Round Rock, an arrest affidavit says.
A man who had marijuana stolen from him during the drug deal called police
It says the buyer later met him in a car with some other men the victim did not know, including Alvarenga-Realegeno and Almanza, in the 2200 block of
The victim got into the car with the men but as they began talking one of them pulled out a shotgun, police said. The victim saw the stock of the shotgun and got out of the car while the gun was fired, the affidavit says. It does not say who fired the shotgun.
The victim looked back as he was running away and saw that Alvarenga-Realegeno had removed a 9mm handgun from his waistband and had it in his right hand, the affidavit says. The victim's marijuana was stolen, police said.
The victim was able to identify for police the man who had first called him to buy the marijuana and then detectives were able to track down Alvarenga-Realegeno and Almanza, the affidavit says.
Almanza and Alvarenga-Realegeno were both being held in the
The victim was not charged in connection with the marijuana, according to court records.
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GEORGETOWN
Deputies seize more than
Williamson County sheriff's detectives seized more than
Investigators believe the money came from illegal drug sales, according to the affidavit.
It says the incident started when a detective stopped Ortiz, who was driving a Volkswagen Passat at
Ortiz and a friend who was traveling with her told the detective conflicting stories about visiting a casino in
When the detective asked Ortiz if she had more than
It says that after the detective got Ortiz's permission to search her car he found 16 bundles of cash in her purse and in her luggage in the trunk of her car. The total amount of cash found was
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She told detectives that the money was in her car because she receives large amounts of cash from wealthy friends as gifts, "but would not say what she does to deserve these said gifts other than that these friends just give her money," the affidavit says.
Ortiz was released from the
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