An Austin man has been arrested on aggravated robbery charges after stabbing a food truck employee during a robbery earlier this week.
The suspect, 60-year-old Bruce Allen, was booked into the Travis County Jail just before midnight Monday and is being held on $40,000 bail, according to prison records.
KXAN reported that he was accused of demanding money from a woman at knifepoint as she was closing down a food truck in North Austin.
The worker raised his arm to defend himself, and Allen allegedly stabbed her once in the bicep, according to local news outlets. She was taken to a local hospital where she was treated for a 1-2 inch puncture wound.
The suspect was arrested by police after a worker and food truck owner called 911.
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A food truck in the Texas capital has been targeted in a series of robberies in recent months.
Police were searching June for two suspects who robbed two separate food trucks at gunpoint around midnight on June 22.
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Fernando Mari, owner of Boteco food trucks east of Austin, told Fox 7 Austin last month that his business has been robbed 15 times in the past four years, but the frequency of incidents has increased in the past 18 months. said.
The Austin City Council cut the Austin Police Department’s budget by about a third and canceled cadet classes in August 2020, resulting in a spike in police turnover.