AUSTIN, Texas — Editor’s observe: The above video is a glance at the highest headlines for Sept. 21.
A person accused of the usage of a machete to assault a safety guard in Downtown Austin stays in prison as court docket information disclose new information about the assault.
In a testimony got by means of KVUE, the Austin Police Department (APD) won a decision about an pressing taking pictures/stabbing at the night of Monday, Aug. 21 at the Austin Proper Hotel.
APD used to be informed the suspect used to be dressed in a inexperienced blouse and had a machete in his backpack. That’s when officials discovered 36-year-old Justin Bergin strolling down Nueces Street with blood on his palms, leg and T-shirt, in keeping with the affidavit. Bergin used to be additionally allegedly discovered rolling a red suitcase with a black knife uncovered.
According to the affidavit, Bergin, who used to be no longer staying at the lodge, were given into an altercation with the protection guard. As the protection guard escorted Bergin out, Bergin grabbed a tumbler candle from a desk outdoor of the lodge ahead of he used to be grabbed by means of the guard and dropped the candle. That’s when Bergin allegedly swung the machete at the guard’s face, who used his left forearm to dam the assault.
The lodge equipped APD with surveillance pictures of the assault, which allegedly confirmed Bergin swinging the machete down at the guard’s head.
The affidavit printed the protection guard suffered a severed ulnar nerve and radial artery from the assault. APD controlled to use a tourniquet to the guard’s bicep with the intention to forestall the bleeding, which the Austin Police Association claimed saved the guard’s life.
Bergin used to be arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon within the alleged assault. Records display Bergin additionally faces two different criminal fees in two different incidents, together with Harassment of Public Servant. He stays jailed on all 3 felonies with bonds totaling $40,000.
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