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Two Area Men Arrested for Child Crimes

ABILENE, TX – Abilene Police arrested two men, one from Abilene and the other from Aspermont, for crimes against children. On March 19, 2020, the Abilene Police Department Cyber Crimes along with the Texas Department of Public Safety’s...

Update: Officer Involved Shooting Male Identified

ABILENE, TX – Next of kin notification has been made on the deceased from Tuesday morning’s incident. He is identified as 28-year-old Lebarron Ballard of Abilene. This call was originally dispatched as a Felony Robbery which was follow...

Officer Involved Shooting

ABILENE, TX – A man was shot and killed by two on-duty police officers early in the morning on March 18, 2020 after attacking both of the officers with a knife. Police were called to a convenience store located in the 2400 Block of South First a...

Chief Standridge Response to Coronavirus

This is a trying time for our nation and our community, yet we remain Abilene Strong. We come together in times of difficulty. We take care of each other, as was evidenced in our community’s response to the May 2019 tornado. To address the addit...

Cyber Crimes Arrests 29 Area Men for Targeting Children

ABILENE, TX – In mid-March, the Abilene Police Department’s Cyber Crimes Unit, Fraud Unit, and Special Operations Division, with collaboration from the Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Division and the U.S. Mar...

Pedestrian Fatality

ABILENE, TX – On Friday, March 6, 2020, at 10:30 p.m. Dispatch received a call of a crash involving a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle on the 300 Block of US Highway 277 also known as Winters Freeway, north bound lane. First responders arr...

APD’s Chief Standridge and Beard Receive Prestigious Awards

Each year, the Regional Victim Crisis Center holds the Men of Strength and Style Show fundraiser. The committee chooses two outstanding citizens to bestow two of their top honors for their part in helping our community and more importantly, the work they ...

Suspect Arrested and Charged with Homicide

Detectives with the Abilene Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division arrested 50-year-old Gene McCarter and charged him with Homicide. On Wednesday, February 19, at 12:46 a.m. McCarter called 9-1-1 to report that he came back to the h...

Abilene Female Arrested for Distributing Child Pornography

ABILENE, TX – Detectives with Abilene Police Department’s Cyber Crimes arrested 25-year-old Cassie Watson and charged her with Second Degree Felony Possession of Child Pornography with Intention to Promote, Third Degree Felony Tamperin...

Taylor County Man Charged with Child Pornography

ABILENE, TX – Detectives with Cyber Crimes arrested and charged a 27-year-old man with child sex crimes. On Wednesday, February 12, 2020, APD’s Cyber Crimes Unit, along with agents from the Texas Department of Public Safety, executed a...

Three Arrested on Fraud and Forgery Charges

ABILENE, TX – The Abilene Police Department arrested two males and a female from Georgia, suspected of trying to pass forged checks in Abilene. Police were notified by a south Abilene business of individuals attempting to cash forged checks. A d...

Fatal Crash on Highway 277

ABILENE, TX – First Responders were called out to a crash in the 3300 block of Highway 277 at 8:57 a.m. on Friday, January 31, 2020. The crash resulted in the death of the driver one of the vehicles involved in the crash. The driver of the other...

Update: Arrest Made in South Abilene Homicide

Update: On Wednesday, January 30, 2020, detectives with the Abilene Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division arrested 19-year-old Javeeontae Evans and charged him with the murder of Jaden Hernandez. Evans is charged with Capital Murde...

28 Year Old Brady TX, Man Arrested on Child Pornography Charges

ABILENE, TX – In December 2019, the Abilene Police Department Cyber Crimes Unit Investigators began working a case of Promotion of Child Pornography which occurred in the 1300 Block of Westheimer Rd. The suspect, Travis Charles Tuckness, 28 year...

Abilene Police Looking to Identify Subjects

The Abilene Police Department Cyber Crimes Unit is asking for public input in helping to identify three male subjects. This is part of an ongoing investigation and these males may have more information. If you have information on the identity of any of th...

Abilene Police Investigating South Abilene Homicide

ABILENE, TX – The Abilene Police Department was called out to the Little Elm Condominiums on South 7^th and Ruidoso St. just before 11 p.m. on Tuesday, January 28, 2019, for a possible shooting victim. Police arrived to find a male victim, possib...

Male Arrested on Child Pornography Charges

ABILENE, TX – On January 22, 2020, the Abilene Police Department’s Cyber Crimes Unit along with agents from the Department of Public Safety, executed a search and arrest warrant in the 6800 block of HWY 377 in Blanket, Texas. The Brown...

Abilene Man Arrested on Child Pornography Charges

Members of the Abilene Police Department Cyber Crimes Unit, along with agents from the Department of Public Safety and Homeland Security Investigations, arrested 29-year-old Daniel Madison. Law Enforcement Agents executed a search and arrest warrant at a ...

Two Students Stabbed at Abilene High School, Third Student in Custody

ABILENE, TX – On Thursday, January 16, 2020, Abilene Police arrested a 16-year-old juvenile minutes after he is accused of stabbing two Abilene High School students. The altercation took place as the students were waiting for classes to begin on...

Charges Dropped on Man Accused of Kidnapping

ABILENE, TX –Abilene Police arrested Joe Raymond Rodriguez on December 20, 2019, on an Aggravated Kidnapping arrest warrant involving an alleged abduction and sexual assault on the north side of Abilene last summer. The arrest warrant was issued...

Police Arrest Male Suspect for Making Terroristic Threat

December 5, 2019

Arrest Male Suspect for Making Terroristic Threat

ABILENE, TX – Abilene Police arrested a 42 year old man for threatening the life of Police Chief Stan Standridge. On Tuesday, December 3, a male subject placed a call to police dis...

APD Investigating Homicide in North Abilene

December 4, 2019

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UPDATE: Cyber Crimes Human Trafficking Investigation

December 4, 2019 

UPDATE: Cyber Crimes Human Trafficking Investigation

ABILENE, TX – On Tuesday, December 3, 2019, the Abilene Police Department Cyber Crimes Unit began asking for public input in helping to identify 15 male subje...