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April 10, 2012 @ 4:04pm • Video Post • Tweet this • Share on Facebook
State seeks to revoke liquor licenses for 8 Yassine bars
The eight downtown Austin bars owned by Yassine Enterprises - including Pure, Spill, Kiss & Fly, Treasure Island, Hyde, Fuel, Malaia and Roial - could have their liquor licenses removed because of money owed to liquor distributors and back taxes to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
Mike Yassine, the company’s president and owner, remains behind bars along with nine associates who were jailed last month and face federal drug, money laundering and weapons charges.
April 4, 2012 @ 3:43pm • Link Post • Tweet this • Share on Facebook
Police: Woman charged after creating fake Facebook page for boyfriend’s ex →
A woman has been charged after police say she created a fake Facebook page for her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend that contained sexually explicit videos, according to court documents.
The woman who created the fake Facebook page was charged with online impersonation, which is considered a crime in Texas when someone creates a Web page or profile without consent and uses the persona to harm, defraud, threaten or intimidate someone.
April 3, 2012 @ 9:34am • Photo Post • Tweet this • Share on Facebook
Police: Woman was fencing stolen laundry detergent, cosmetics
Police have arrested a woman they say sold tens of thousands of dollars in shoplifted laundry detergent, batteries, shampoo and other cosmetic items at flea markets and from her Southeast Austin home.
Photo courtesy of Austin Police
March 29, 2012 @ 10:51am • Link Post • Tweet this • Share on Facebook
Indicted downtown club owner a 'person of interest' in man's 2000 disappearance, police confirm →
On the day he disappeared in September 2000, 36-year-old Paresh Patel was last seen visiting three downtown nightclubs he co-owned with Hussein “Mike” Yassine and his brother.
That evening, Patel’s empty Lexus SUV was found with the keys in the ignition in a parking lot off Airport Boulevard. He has not been seen since.
March 27, 2012 @ 1:30pm • Link Post • Tweet this • Share on Facebook
No bail for Austin nightclub owner, his brother →
Hussein Ali ‘Mike’ Yassine and his brother, Mohammed Ali ‘Steve’ Yassine will both remain in federal custody, officials say. Mike Yassine’s company, Yassine Enterprises, owns eight downtown Austin bars, which have been closed since Thursday’s arrests.
March 27, 2012 @ 1:02pm • Link Post • Tweet this • Share on Facebook
Austin police make major narcotics seizures in March →
Austin police have confiscated more than $8 million worth of cocaine, heroine and marijuana in three separate cases over the past month — a figure law enforcement officials said was one of the largest in the department’s history even as the city has become a drug hub for Mexican cartels in recent years.
Whoa, that’s a lot of dope.
March 27, 2012 @ 9:31am • Link Post • Tweet this • Share on Facebook
Nightclub owner, 9 associates due in court today →
Austin nightclub owner Hussein Ali “Mike” Yassine and nine other people arrested last week and charged with taking part in a drug ring will appear in federal court this morning for a detention hearing.
March 14, 2012 @ 5:35pm • Quote Post • Tweet this • Share on Facebook
Unlike nasal decongestants, which can be used to make methamphetamine, laundry detergent is generally used for its intended purpose after it is stolen, authorities and industry officials say. Many thieves are selling it on the street themselves at cut-rate prices, sometimes outside coin-operated laundries.
— Guys, this black market Tide story isn’t going away. (via cheatsheet)
February 9, 2012 @ 12:47pm • Link Post • Tweet this • Share on Facebook
Police: Brothers stole grandfather clock, Justin Bieber merchandise →
Police say two men stole Justin Bieber merch and other items from a home in South Austin and now face felony burglary charges.
