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title: "Austin TX Crime"
url: https://www.hereaustin.com/crime-austin-tx/
date: 2026-07-26T13:51:00-05:00
modified: 2026-07-26T14:06:22-05:00
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site: "HERE Austin"
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# Austin TX Crime

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# Austin Crime & Public Safety

                
                    Police reports, safety alerts, and crime prevention for **Travis County County**
                
                
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                                                    ![Austin Man Gets 24 Years in Online Sextortion Case in Austin](https://www.hereaustin.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/austin-man-gets-24-years-in-online-sextortion-case-1024x683.jpg)
                                                
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                                [Austin Man Gets 24 Years in Online Sextortion Case in Austin](https://www.hereaustin.com/2026/11/07/austin-man-gets-24-years-in-online-sextortion-case/)
                            
                            
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                                                            AUSTIN, Texas — Tre Von Lamount Harris, a 21-year-old Austin man, will serve 292 months in federal prison, a little more than 24 years, for a scheme in which he pretended to be a t…
                                                    
                    

                    
                    
                

                
                

                    
                    
                        
                            
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## STREETWISE HERE! Crime Prevention

                
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                        Nov 7, 2026
                        
                            [Austin Man Gets 24 Years in Online Sextortion Case in Austin](https://www.hereaustin.com/2026/11/07/austin-man-gets-24-years-in-online-sextortion-case/)
                        
                                                    AUSTIN, Texas — Tre Von Lamount Harris, a 21-year-old Austin man, will serve 292 months in federal prison, a l…
                                            
                
                            
            
        
    

        
        
            
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## Austin Crime Data

            

            
            
                
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