Louisiana Felon Arrested by Task Force

"Charged with Armed Robbery, Weapons"

Austin, TX – Scotty Antoine, 24, of New Iberia, Louisiana was arrested by the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force this afternoon without incident in the 1200 block of Old Settlers Park in Round Rock, Texas. Antoine recently arrived to the Austin shortly after the first of the year after New Iberia authorities charged Antoine with 1st Degree Robbery.

According to officials with the New Iberia, LA., Parish Sheriff’s Office, Antoine robbed two individuals at gunpoint at a local public park in Iberia Parish, taking two weapons in the process. Authorities located a vehicle Antoine was seen leaving in and a subsequent search warrant yielded the alleged firearm Antoine used in the commission of the robbery. The two weapons previously stolen were not recovered. The Louisiana based taskforce determined through local investigation that Antoine fled to the Austin area around shortly after the New Year.

The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force initiated surveillance on several associates Antoine was known to have in the Austin/Round Rock area. Task force officers were able to determine the make and model of a vehicle that Antoine was purported to be driving. The vehicle was located in Round Rock and officers conducted surveillance until they were able to confirm Antoine’s identity and effect his arrest.

No weapons were recovered at the residence and Antoine was remanded to the custody of the Williamson County Detention Center pending his extradition to New Iberia Parrish, LA.

Robert R. Almonte, United States Marshal for the Western District of Texas states, “The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force will continue to focus our investigative efforts at rooting out the worst of the worst offenders.”

Members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force in Austin –

    Austin Police Department-Criminal Apprehension Team

    Buda Police Department

    Cedar Park Police Department

    Kyle Police Department

    San Marcos Police Department

    Travis County Sheriff’s Office

    Williamson, Caldwell, Hays and Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office

    Williamson County DA’s Office, Constable’s Office

    Texas Attorney General’s Office

    Texas Department of Criminal Justice OIG

    Texas Department of Public Safety

    U.S. Marshals Service

New York Fugitive Arrested After Fleeing Cross Country

Failed to Appear for Rape, Providing Teens with Drugs

Austin, TX – David Robert Wampler, 40, whose last known address was Livonia, New York was arrested today by the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force in downtown Austin. Wampler was arrested without incident near the 6th Street entertainment district. Task force officers received critical information from the United States Marshals Service in Rochester, New York this morning after local interviews determined Wampler fled from upstate New York and recently arrived in Austin.

Wampler was indicted in January of this year by a Livingston County Grand Jury in Geneseo, New York with a twenty-one (21) county indictment alleging criminal acts involving rape, injury to a child, and providing dangerous drugs to children. Prosecutors further allege Wampler provided LSD to two-14 year-old girls, as well as Cocaine, Nitrous Oxide, Oxycontin, Ambien and Adderall to other teens. It further alleges Wampler sexually assaulted a minor after providing the teen with Ambien and LSD in Livonia, NY, located south of Rochester in upstate NY. Wampler has an extensive criminal history dating back to 1993 from several states. In addition to the instant charges, Wampler faces an additional charge of failing to appear.

Wampler will remain in the Travis County Jail pending extradition to Livingston County, New York.

Robert R. Almonte, United States Marshal for the Western District of Texas, states, “The importance of removing David Wampler from the streets of Austin as quickly as we learned of his arrival is a testament to the cooperative spirit the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force embraces with our law enforcement partners.”

Members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force in Austin:

Austin Police Department-Criminal Apprehension Team

Buda Police Department

Kyle Police Department

San Marcos Police Department

Travis County Sheriff’s Office

Williamson, Caldwell, Hays and Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office

Williamson County DA’s Office, Constable’s Office

Texas Department of Criminal Justice OIG

Texas Department of Public Safety

Texas Rangers

U.S. Marshals Service

Additional information about the U.S. Marshals Service can be found at USmarshals.gov.

Mexican Mafia Trial

Jury Convicts Three of RICO Conspiracy in Texas Mexican Mafia Trial Conspiracy Charge Alleges Responsibility for 22 San Antonio-Area Murders


May 21, 2010 - United States Attorney John E. Murphy announced that in San Antonio, a federal jury found three members of the Texas Mexican Mafia (TMM) guilty of conspiring to violate the federal Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) statute. TMM General Jacinto "Cache" Navajar and TMM Lieutenants Jose "Bam Bam" Martinez and Mike Garcia were the last of 34 TMM leaders arrested in 2008 to be convicted; the others all entered guilty pleas prior to trial.Jurors found that the defendants conspired together since September 2000 to further their criminal enterprise by committing 22 murders, two attempted murders, robbery, and extortion, plus distributing heroin and cocaine. Testimony during trial revealed that a substantial number of the violent acts were carried out in retaliation for either cooperating with authorities or otherwise undermining the efforts of the organization.

Specifically, jurors found that:

• Navajar was responsible for the attempted murder of Ernesto "Neto" Rodriguez on June 23, 2007;

• Garcia was responsible for the shooting deaths in San Antonio of Roy Vera on December 21, 2004, and Rudy "Scooby" Contreras on January 4, 2005; and,

• Martinez was responsible for five San Antonio murders, namely, the September 12, 2003 murder of Raymond Rodriguez and the 2004 murders of Mercy Brooks (September 18), Tony Rodriguez (November 2), Juan Perez (December 5), and Roy Vera, as well as the murder of Joe Santos (November 27) in Austin.

Navajar, Martinez and Garcia each face up to life in federal prison. Sentencing is scheduled for August 26, 2010, before United States District Judge Orlando Garcia.

This Organized Crime/Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) case resulted from a three-year-long investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, San Antonio Police Department, Bexar County Sheriff’s Department with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Rangers, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Bexar County District Attorney’s Office, Houston Police Department, Austin Police Department, and Hondo Police Department.

Williams, Hatley and Capwell

April 8, 2008 (San Dimas, CA) Police-Writers.com is a website that lists state and local police officers who have written books. The website added three law enforcement officials.

Howard Williams began his 30 year law enforcement career as a cadet for the Austin Police Department (Texas). Working a variety of assignments he rose through the ranks of the department to become the commander of the Organized Crime Division in 2002. In 2003, Howard Williams accept the position as Chief of Police for the San Marcos Police Department (Texas).

Howard Williams completed his Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Southwest Texas State University in August 2002 and a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences in August 2000. Howard Williams is the author of Asset Forfeiture: A Law Enforcement Perspective.

According to the book description of Asset Forfeiture: A Law Enforcement Perspective, it “reviews the myriad statutes, rules, regulations, confusing and often contradictory judicial decisions, and detailed processes to outline forfeiture procedures for law enforcement administrators, investigators, and officers. The text consists of three principal sections: the development of modern asset forfeiture policy, asset forfeiture law, and administering forfeiture programs.”

Allen Hatley was a freelance writer and twice elected constable in Bandera County (Texas). Allen Hatley served in the US Army and saw service in Korea from 1951 to 1952. He holds a BS and MS in Geology and an Advanced Peace Officer Certification from the State of Texas. In addition to his 30 year career in the petroleum industry, Allen Hatley has an active and varied law enforcement career.

In 1988, he graduated from the Middle Rio Grande Law Enforcement Academy and received his Basic Peace Officer Certificate. He worked as a criminal investigator for the district attorney’s office and as a narcotics agent in the Southwest Narcotics Task Force. In 1993, he was elected as Constable, Precinct Number 4, Bandera County and re-elected in 1997. He retired in 1998. Allen Hatley is the author of Bringing the Law to Texas: Crime and Violence in Nineteenth Century Texas; The Oil Finders: A Collection of Stories About Exploration; Early Texas Indian Wars 1822-1835; The First Texas Legion During the American Civil War; The Indian Wars in Stephen F. Austin's Texas Colony, 1822-1835; Reluctant Rebels: The Eleventh Texas Cavalry Regiment; The First Texas Legion; and, Texas Constables: A Frontier Heritage.

According to the book description of Texas Constables: A Frontier Heritage, “Though a host of Texas Rangers, U.S. marshals, and even town marshals populate the legends and annals of law enforcement, the stories and exploits of constables, an equally significant group of peace officers, have gone mostly unheralded. In a long-overdue examination, Allen Hatley traces Texas constables to their roots in medieval England and colonial America and chronicles a rich history from January 1823, when a constable was appointed as the first law-enforcement officer in Stephen F. Austin's colony.”

Allen Capwell is the former sheriff of the Wyoming County (New York). Allen L. Capwell is the author of The Sheriff of Wyoming County: 150 Years of Protection and Service.

Police-Writers.com now hosts 951 police officers (representing 400 police departments) and their 2024 police books in 34 categories, there are also listings of United States federal law enforcement employees turned authors, international police officers who have written books and civilian police personnel who have written books.