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Motorcyclist Dies from Injuries Sustained in Crash a Week Ago

ABILENE, TX – A motorcycle rider involved in a crash in North Abilene on May 5 has passed away from injuries sustained in the crash. 72-year-old Daniel Randolph of Abilene passed away at the hospital on Thursday, May 12, a week after the crash.

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Suspect Arrested for Stealing Airport Truck and Evading Police

ABILENE, TX – Police arrested a 40-year-old Abilene man for stealing a truck and leading police on a low-speed chase. Joseph Lee Dosson of Abilene was taken into custody just before 5 a.m. on Thursday, May 12, 2022. 

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Fatal Crash Interstate 20, Mile Marker 292

ABILENE, TX – First Responders responded to a major motor vehicle crash on Interstate 20 at mile marker 292 just after 4 p.m. on Monday, May 9, 2022. Two people are confirmed deceased and one person remains in critical condition at a lo...

Fatal Crash Highway 83/84

ABILENE, TX – On Sunday, May 8, at 5:20 p.m., Officers of the Abilene Police Department Patrol and Traffic Division responded to a major motor vehicle crash in the 6000 block of US Highway 83/84. A 2003 Ford F-150 was entering the southbound lan...

Fatal Vehicle Crash Kills Two

ABILENE, TX – A head-on crash claimed the lives of two Abileneans on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. Police received several calls just after 9 p.m. saying a vehicle was traveling south on Highway 83/84 in the wrong lane near Kirby Lake. Witnesses say s...

Fatal Crash in South Abilene – T&P Lane

ABILENE, TX – A single-vehicle crash in South Abilene claimed the life of a 36-year-old Abilene man.

 On Tuesday, April 26, at approximately 6:04 pm, the Abilene Police Department responded to a major accident in the 600 block of T&P...

UPDATE – Fatal Crash in South Abilene – E Hwy 80

ABILENE, TX – UPDATE – Next of kin notification has been made.  Both of the deceased have been identified, They are, 46-year-old Jason Michael Rigstad and 32-year-old Rebecca Mae Barker, both of Abilene.

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Multiple People Stabbed in North Abilene at Festival Celebration

ABILENE, TX – The Abilene Police Department responded to a call of multiple victims suffering from stab wounds in north Abilene, just after 9 p.m. on Saturday, April 30, 2022. The initial reports indicated that a 19-year-old male stabbed multipl...

Abilene Man Arrested for Sexual Assault of a Child

ABILENE, TX – Abilene Police Department Special Victims Unit detectives arrested 32-year-old Eleno Silva III on an outstanding warrant for Second Degree Felony Sexual Assault of a Child. Detectives worked with the United States Air Force Special...

Abilene Man Arrested for Sexual Assault of a Child

ABILENE, TX – The Abilene Police Department arrested a 31-year-old Abilene man for sexually assaulting a child. Slade Dean King (31yoa) was taken into custody on Friday, April 15, 2022. He is charged with Second Degree Felony Sexual Assault of a...

Two Abilene Teens Arrested for Multiple Crimes

ABILENE, TX – On Tuesday, April 12, detectives with the Auto Crimes Task Force arrested two Abilene teens on multiple charges stemming from several crimes in Abilene over multiple days. 19-year-old Devontay Dee Wayne Don Lamb and a 16-year-old j...

Coleman County Man Identified for Abilene Two Robberies

ABILENE, TX – The Abilene Police Department Major Investigations Bureau has identified a 22-year-old Coleman County man for two robberies in early February. Trenton Paul Thompson of Coleman County is accused of robbing two convenience stores. On...

Abilene Man Arrested on Fraud Charge

ABILENE, TX – In February, agents with the Narcotics Unit of the Abilene Police Department began an investigation of a former school principal at Bonham Elementary with the Abilene Independent School District. On Monday, April 4, 2022, 40-year-o...

Homicide Suspect Charged

UPDATE 2: Abilene Police Detectives with Major Investigations have charged 20-year-old Aashaud McVea of Abilene, with Homicide and Aggravated Assault this afternoon, in connection with the homicide on south La Salle. He is also charged with Aggravated Ass...

Detectives Arrest Suspect in South Abilene Bank Robbery

UPDATE: The Abilene Police Department’s Major Investigations along with the Federal Bureau of Investigations working on the bank robbery of the Chase Bank, put Fernando Enriquez, with a New Mexico address, into Federal custody for the robbery. E...

Detectives Investigating Bank Robbery in South Abilene

ABILENE, TX – On Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at 9:30 a.m. police responded to a bank robbery at a bank located in the 3200 block of Rebecca Ln. A Hispanic male entered the bank, displayed a weapon, demanded money, and fled the scene with an undiscl...

Pedestrian Killed by Train

ABILENE, TX – A 41-year-old Abilene man was killed when he was struck by a train on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, just before 11 a.m. The incident happened on the train tracks just east of the Leggett St. crossover. Initial reports indicate the male ...

Suspect Arrested for Multiple Robberies and Thefts

ABILENE, TX – The Abilene Police Department’s Major Investigations Bureau has arrested a Winters, TX man. 31-year-old Wyman Cameron Burson III is behind bars for two counts of Second Degree Felony Robbery. Detectives are working on fiv...

Pedestrian Killed by Train

ABILENE, TX – A 35-year-old Abilene man was killed when he was struck by a train on Thursday, March 10, 2022, just after 7 p.m. The incident happened near E. Highway 80 and the Judge Ely underpass, along the train tracks. Initial reports indicat...

E Hwy 80 Fatal Crash Investigation

ABILENE, TX – On Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at 7 p.m., dispatch was called regarding a single-vehicle crash in the area of East Highway 80 and the underpass of Loop 322. A 2002 Toyota Tacoma 4-door pickup was heading east on East Highway 8...

UPDATE: Fatal Interstate 20 Crash Investigation

UPDATE: Initial reports were that there was one person in the cab of the truck at the time of the crash. After further investigation, it was discovered that a second person was also in the cab of the truck. Next of kin notification has been made,...

Update: North Abilene Shooting Death Investigation

UPDATE: The female in this incident, was taken off life-support this morning. Next of kin notification has been made. The female is identified as 24-year-old Chyanne Villarreal of Lubbock. The male is identified as 30-year-old Sedrick Braxton Jr....

Abilene Man Arrested for Online Solicitation

ABILENE, TX – Abilene Police detectives arrested 23-year-old Joseph Wesley Bertelson of Abilene for 3^rd Degree Felony Online Solicitation of a Minor, and State Jail Felony Sexual Performance by a Child. Detectives with Cyber Crimes conducted an ...

Fatal Interstate 20 Crash

ABILENE, TX – On Sunday, February 27, 2022, at 7:55 a.m., dispatch was called regarding a crash involving a semi tractor-trailer at mile marker 286 in the east-bound lane of Interstate 20. The caller said a semi-truck that was headed ea...

Aggravated Assault, Death Investigation Underway

ABILENE, TX – On Sunday, February 27, 2022, just after 6 a.m. Abilene Officers were called to a hotel located in the 3500 Block of West Lake Road in North Abilene for a call of an injured subject. Police arrived to find a male deceased ...

North Abilene Shooting

ABILENE, TX – An Abilene man is in the hospital recovering from a gunshot wound after an altercation at a North Abilene residence.

 On Friday, February 18, at 11:38 p.m. Police were called to a large house party in the 2100 Block of Linc...

Transient Man Arrested for Injury to a Child

ABILENE, TX – Police have arrested 45-year-old Sheldon Lee Bramblett of Abilene and charged him with 3^rd Degree Felony Injury to a Child.

 On February 14, at approximately 7:30 a.m., officers of the Abilene Police Department were contact...

APD Promotion & Recognition Ceremony

ABILENE, TX – The Abilene Police Department will host a promotion and recognition ceremony at the Abilene Police Department, 4565 South First, on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at 3 p.m. in the main conference room. The ceremony will recognize ou...

Police Investigating Homicide in North Abilene

UPDATE - Police Investigating Homicide in North Abilene

ABILENE, TX – UPDATE - The Abilene Police Department is actively looking for 35-year-old Brack Earl Daniels who has been identified as a Person of Interest in this investigation. Daniels is ...

Police Investigating Homicide in South Abilene

ABILENE, TX – On Thursday, January 20, 2022, at approximately 12 a.m., the Abilene Police Department responded to an injured subject call in the 200 block of Miss Ellie Lane.  The calling party, a 32-year-old stabbing victim, indicated ...

Abilene Police Searching for Robbery Suspects

Police Searching for Robbery Suspect(s)

ABILENE, TX – The Abilene Police Department is working on a string of four robberies that took place in a span of three hours. On Wednesday, January 12, 2022, dispatch received calls from four sep...

Death Investigation

ABILENE, TX – The Abilene Police Department’s Major Investigations Bureau is investing the death of a 45-year-old Abilene man. Christopher Carrion was taken to the hospital on Monday, January 3, 2022, due to injuries sustained in a fig...