Burnet County Jail bookings for Oct. 4-10, 2024
The following people were arrested and booked into the Burnet County Jail during the period…
Crime & Courtrooms
Pretrial conference Oct. 2 in lawsuit filed by Kingsland widow
A pretrial conference in an excessive force lawsuit against Llano County is 3 p.m. Wednesday,…
Judge sets settlement, trial dates in librarian’s wrongful termination suit
Parties in a wrongful termination lawsuit brought against Llano County by a former librarian have…
Bertram man gets life for child sexual assault
Jackey Martin, 41, of Bertram was sentenced to life in prison after a Burnet County…
Excessive force suit filed by inmate against Llano County dismissed
An inmate’s 2023 excessive force lawsuit against Llano County was dismissed without prejudice on Sept….
Full appeals court hears library case
The Llano County library lawsuit had another day in court on Tuesday, Sept. 24. The…
Burnet introduces new crime-fighting tools
Burnet city and county law enforcement are keeping pace with a growing community by implementing…
Marble Falls, Burnet police partner on phone-cracking technology
The Marble Falls and Burnet police departments are splitting the cost and use of new…
UPDATE: Juvenile arrested for sharing school threat; investigation continues
Granite Shoals police arrested a juvenile late Sept. 12 in connection to a threatening social…
Kingsland man takes 40-year plea deal, lesser charge for killing wife
Dennis Wayne Price II, 44, of Kingsland was sentenced to 40 years in prison for…
Stephen King, James Patterson show support for plaintiffs in library lawsuit
Bestselling authors Stephen King and James Patterson joined supporters of the plaintiffs in the Llano…
Burnet County district clerk named in suit over e-filed document access
A national news service based in California has filed a civil lawsuit against multiple Texas…
Burnet’s new drug-detection system can keep first responders safe
The city of Burnet has invested in the drug-detection system TruNarc, which allows first responders…
GSPD makes arrest in major fraud case
Granite Shoals police arrested Kishan Rajeshkumar Patel, 20, of Dallas on Aug. 24 on a…
20-year-old man dead following Kingsland house party brawl
David Michael Justus, 20, of Lakeway died from injuries sustained during a July 14 party-turned-brawl…
80-year-old man arrested for knife threat at Marble Falls store
An 80-year-old man was arrested on July 23 after he reportedly threatened staff at the…
Environmental study to pave way for Llano County criminal justice center
The Llano County Commissioners Court approved a $10,000 environmental study that could greenlight about $4.8…
LCSO removed from shooting death suit; sheriff and deputies remain
The Llano County Sheriff’s Office was dismissed as one of five defendants in a federal…
Full appeals court to hear Llano County library suit in September
A Llano County library lawsuit regarding removed books will be reheard before the full U.S….
Man arrested in shooting of brother
A 23-year-old Marble Falls man was arrested for allegedly shooting his younger brother just after…
Texas AG supports defendants in Llano County library lawsuit
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined 16 other state attorneys general to support rehearing an…
Judge rules in favor of Donall Estates on one part of lot owner suit
The Donall Estates POA received a favorable judgment on June 27 in a civil lawsuit…
Multi-county chase that ended peacefully a possible ‘suicide-by-cop’ attempt
A dangerous, high-speed chase took law enforcement across Mason, Llano, Burnet, and Lampasas counties on…
Judge orders Horseshoe Bay Resort to release $195K to POA
A visiting district judge ordered Horseshoe Bay Resort to release about $195,000 in dues paid…