Man accused of several aggravated robberies arrested, court documents say
TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — One man wanted in connection with several robberies over the last few months in north Austin and San Marcos was arrested this week, according to an arrest warrant from Travis County.
The series of robberies first began shortly after 1 a.m., Dec. 31, 2023, at the Whataburger, located at 11135 N. Interstate 35. A suspect vehicle pulled up to the window after ordering food. When the worker looked up, he saw a driver standing outside the suspect vehicle pointing a handgun at him. However, nothing was taken from the worker, because he said he ran away from the window, according to the warrant.
The suspect vehicle was identified by video footage as a black four-door Honda Civic, court records said.
Later that day around 10:31 a.m., another incident happened involving a woman who told investigators she was shot at while driving her vehicle in the 9900 block of North I-35 service road southbound. She said she was with her family in the vehicle when the same suspect vehicle attempted to pass the vehicle “while driving aggressively,” court records said. When the vehicle eventually passed them, at least four gun shots were fired, and it struck the woman’s vehicle at least one time.
The third incident happened around 1:22 p.m., Jan. 23, at Mi Pueblito, located at 9717 N. Lamar Blvd. The caller claiming to be the victim told 911 at least five suspects “entered the store and demanded money in Spanish” while holding firearms, court records said. The victim said the suspects took cash from the cash registers and left in the same suspect vehicle.
Another incident happened Jan. 27, at the Hill Country Vape and Smoke, located at 119 E. Hopkins St. in San Marcos. Four suspects walked into the store with firearms and stole a chain the victim was wearing around their neck before they all ran out of the store and into the same suspect vehicle, court records said.
On Feb. 1, investigators were able to identify the driver of the suspect vehicle as Christian Lopez Burgos, 25, after he was pulled over in Houston by the Houston Police Department in the same suspect vehicle, court records said.
The last incident happened later that day around 2:27 p.m., Feb. 3, at the Mi Pueblito check cashing store, located at 8905 N. Lamar Blvd. Victims told investigators three suspects walked into the store and demanded money while holding firearms and “shooting multiple shots,” according to the warrant.
Investigators were able to link Lopez Burgos by surveillance footage showing him as the driver of the suspect vehicle.
Online court records show Lopez Burgos was arrested for four separate charges of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. KXAN reached out to his attorney for a statement, and we will update this article if one is received.
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