A Kyle man was booked in to the Hays County Jail in early March 2017 for multiple counts of sexual assault of a child and is currently being held for a bond total of $565,000. Eric Martinez, 38, was indicted earlier this month on a total of 14 counts of various degrees of sexual assault of a child s...

It’s that time of year again! National Night Out is an annual event that brings together law enforcement and neighborhoods in the spirit of community. NNO is a great way to meet and enjoy neighbors and band together to fight crime! Homeowners associations, neighborhood watch groups and anyone else i...

Giancarlo Arman Perez, 18, of Kyle was arrested on July 12 as a suspect of an aggravated robbery that took place at Carl’s Jr. on July 11. Perez, a former employee of Carl’s Jr., allegedly approached the building and knocked on the glass door before being let in by an employee of the restaurant. Per...

Every day for the past two years, Indiana resident Rachael McPherson and her family have anxiously waited by their phones. They do so with the hope that the person on the other end of the line could give them the answers they seek. It’s been over two years since the bodies of Jimmy Wright, McPherson...

Mixed reactions from city leaders earlier this month welcomed the Kyle Police Department’s proposed $82,000 annual expense for a new data storage system for in-car and body-worn cameras. While the Kyle City Council gave City Manager Scott Sellers the green light to start negotiations with Axon for t...

or the first time in its history, the Kyle Police Department will offer a support system and in-house resource for officers and civilian staff to deal with job-related stress. Those services are a part of Kyle Police Department’s new chaplain program, which is a resource used during a time of crisis...

The Kyle Police Department continues to investigate an armed robbery where a man was attacked in his front yard in broad daylight May 17 in the Post Oak subdivision. According to a city of Kyle press release, the incident occurred around 10:05 a.m. in the 100 block of Musgrav in Kyle. Kim Hilsenbeck...

While racial profiling complaints in Buda and Kyle are rare, both police departments utilize certain processes to investigate the matters thoroughly. According to the Kyle Police Department’s 2016 racial profiling report, KPD received only one complaint of racial profiling last year. The information...

A decrease in the number of traffic stops over the course of 12 months highlighted the Kyle Police Department’s annual racial profiling statistics, which were made public earlier this year. Jeff Barnett, Kyle Police Department chief, said the decrease is attributed to reassigning patrol officers bac...

An update to Kyle’s existing animal control ordinance now allows for private individuals to borrow cage traps to capture small nuisance animals. The caveat, however, is those who use the traps will be held responsible for ensuring any animals that are trapped are treated humanely, said Kyle Police D...