Posted on: May 26, 2023
Abilene, Texas – The Abilene Police Department began increased traffic enforcement operations on Monday, May 22, and will continue through the Memorial Day Holiday and end on Sunday, June 4. This enforcement is intended to help encourage drivers...
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Posted on: May 10, 2023
Abilene, Texas – On Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at 2:10 p.m. police were dispatched to the 5100 block of Capitol Avenue in west Abilene for the report of an injured subject. Officers arrived to find a male laying in the street suffering from an app...
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Posted on: May 10, 2023
Abilene, Texas – On Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at 1:07 p.m. police were called to a home in the 5200 block of Pueblo Drive for the report of an injured subject. Officers arrived to find a male suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. He was trans...
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Posted on: May 3, 2023
Abilene, Texas – On Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at 10:50 a.m., Abilene Police responded to the call of an injured subject at a home located in the 3100 blk. of South 6th Street. Police arrived to find two people, both suffering from gunshot wounds.&...
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Posted on: April 28, 2023
On the evening of Friday, April 21, the Abilene Police Department’s Office of Professional Accountability was made aware of a complaint involving an Officer of the Abilene Police Department. After a preliminary investigation, it was determined t...
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Posted on: April 26, 2023
ABILENE, TX – The Abilene Police Department will begin increased traffic enforcement on Monday, May 1, 2023, and go through the end of May. The increased enforcement will go towards helping change driving habits and making the roads safer for al...
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Posted on: April 24, 2023
Abilene, Texas – Abilene Animal Outreach would like to advise residents living in the area of US-277 South and Autumn Sage Lane that a skunk found in the 6600 block of Autumn Sage Lane has tested positive for rabies. Abilene Animal Outreach rece...
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Posted on: March 6, 2023
Abilene, Texas – On March 5, 2023, the Abilene Police Department Surveillance Apprehension and Tactics Team (SATT), was notified by the U.S. Marshals Service of an endangered child from Lubbock, Texas who was at a north side Abilene mo...
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Posted on: March 1, 2023
Abilene, Texas – On Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at 4:09 p.m. an officer located a person driving in a stolen vehicle in north Abilene.
A male was driving a silver 2012 Dodge Ram Pickup in the 100 block of East Overland Trail. When officers attempte...
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Posted on: March 1, 2023
Abilene, Texas – The Abilene Police Department Cyber Crimes Unit assisted the Department of Homeland Security office in San Angelo in the arrest of nine individuals from various locations for crimes against children.
The multi-agency operation wh...
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Posted on: February 28, 2023
Abilene, Texas – On Thursday, March 2, 2023, at 6 p.m., the Abilene Police Department will hold a ceremony at the Historic Paramount Theater celebrating the graduates of Academy Class 60, and our newly certified Telecommunicators.
Acad...
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Posted on: February 27, 2023
Abilene, Texas – 2022 produced more fatal accidents than any other year in Abilene’s history. In an effort to reduce the number of fatal and serious crashes the Abilene Police Department has partnered with the Texas Department of Trans...
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Posted on: February 24, 2023
Abilene, Texas – On Thursday, February 24, 2023, at 7:30 p.m. Police responded to a home in the 2400 block of Fannin St. in North Abilene. A calling party reported that a male was holding a female at a home at gunpoint and against her will.
The 3...
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Posted on: February 22, 2023
Abilene, Texas – Police are investigating an early morning incident in north Abilene where multiple gunshots were fired into a home. One person suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
On Wednesday, February 22, 2023, at around 2:30 in the morning...
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Posted on: February 21, 2023
Abilene, Texas – The Abilene Police Department Special Investigations Bureau Cyber Crimes aided in the arrest of three area men for various charges of crimes against children.
APD worked with the FBI Dallas Division’s Child Exploitation...
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Posted on: January 24, 2023
Abilene, Texas – The Abilene Police Department will host a recognition and retirement ceremony at the Abilene Police Department, 4565 South First, on Wednesday, January 25, at 2 p.m. in the main conference room. The ceremony will recognize our o...
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Posted on: January 23, 2023
Abilene, Texas – On Monday, January 23, 2023, just after 4 p.m. Police were called from the Abilene ISD stating that one of their bus drivers who was taking kids home from school on their normal route, was reportedly hit by some type of projecti...
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Posted on: January 23, 2023
Update: The suspect who pulled a weapon on officers on the evening of Sunday, January 22, remains in critical condition at a local hospital. The 36-year-old male is facing a charge of First Degree Felony Aggravated Assault on a Peace Officer that carries ...
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Posted on: January 22, 2023
Abilene, Texas – On Sunday, January 22, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. a neighbor called requesting a check of a residence located in the 3500 block of N. 9th. They were concerned that there was a window broken.
Upon arrival, officers approached a vehicle th...
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Posted on: January 11, 2023
Update: Abilene Police Detectives with Major Investigations have charged 31-year-old Quayshaun Lampkin with First Degree Felony Murder in connection with the homicide at the Salvation Army. His bond is set at $150,000. He remains in the Taylor County Jail...
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Posted on: January 11, 2023
Abilene, Texas – Police were called out to the Salvation Army, 1726 Butternut St., at around 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 11, 2023. The calling party reported that there was an altercation between two people inside the facility.
Minutes later,...
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Posted on: January 10, 2023
Abilene, Texas – The Abilene Police Department arrested two male subjects for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child under the age of 13. Robert Acosta Lemuz, 18 years of age, and Fernando Rivera, 21 years of age, were both arrested on January 10,...
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Posted on: January 6, 2023
Abilene, Texas – On Monday, January 2, at approximately 5:08 p.m., Abilene Police responded to an injured subject call in the 600 block of North Bowie Drive. Police located a 35-year-old-year-old black male with blunt force trauma to h...
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Posted on: January 4, 2023
Abilene, Texas – On Wednesday, January 4, 2023, just after 5 p.m., Agents with APD’s Surveillance, Apprehension and Tactics Team and Patrol, approached a vehicle with a 21-year-old wanted driver by the name of Damien Joiner stopped in ...
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Posted on: January 1, 2023
Abilene, Texas – A 35-year-old Abilene woman was killed after being struck by a vehicle in the 3100 block of College Street in South Abilene. Ashley Rapp, died in the early morning hours of Sunday, January 1, 2023, just before 1 a.m.
In...
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