Austin police arrest four in West Campus burglary, victim taken to hospital

AUSTIN, Texas — Austin police arrested four suspects over the weekend in connection with a West Campus burglary that led to the discovery of an alleged drug manufacturing operation and a sexual assault victim.

Visitors from El Paso returned to their Airbnb rental in the 900 block of West 21st Street at 11:12 p.m. Saturday and found suspects inside stealing their belongings, police said. The suspects fled but were later detained after victims tracked the stolen items.

During the arrests, officers conducted a welfare check and found a woman going in and out of consciousness who said she had been sexually assaulted and drugged. She was transported to a hospital…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS