Man pleads guilty to 2 charges in 2023 robbery, receives prison sentence
Sep 25, 2024
AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man was sentenced Sept. 12 on two charges in connection with a February 2023 incident in east Austin.
According to Travis County court documents, 31-year-old Hunter Rouse was sentenced to serve eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony.
The sentence will run concurrently with another sentence of eight years for one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, according to court documents.
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Travis County jail records showed Rouse also faced a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, but it was dismissed on the same date as his sentencing.
Toward his sentence, Rouse received a jail credit of 568 days.