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Man charged with robbery after downtown attack
A 19-year-old man faces a felony robbery charge after police say he attacked a man who was walking downtown early Sunday morning, according to an arrest affidavit.
Fabian Hernandez, Jr., 19, has been charged with robbery by threat, a state jail felony. He remains in custody at the Travis County Jail with bail set at $20,000.
An arrest affidavit said that about 3:20 a.m. Sunday, the victim was walking alone in the 500 block of Lavaca Street when he noticed two men following him. The victim told KVUE TV that he is a bartender at Oilcan Harry’s who was leaving work. He tried to get the two to pass by him, but they did not, and he began to fear for his safety, the affidavit said.
As he reached Guadalupe Street around Sixth Street, one of the men asked him if they should get a cab, the affidavit said. When the victim turned around, one of the men punched him in the head, the affidavit said.
The victim asked the men why they attacked him, but they laughed at him, the affidavit said. He ran south on Guadalupe and they chased after him, the document said. He managed to get away from them after running a few blocks and called 911, providing the description of his attackers to a dispatcher, it said.
While he was on the phone, the victim saw the two men coming toward him again, so he ran to the parking lot at Fifth and Colorado streets. The men blocked him in and one of them demanded his money, the affidavit said. The victim then saw a taxi and was able to get inside, where he stayed until police arrived, the affidavit said.
Officers put out descriptions of the suspects and were able to arrest one of them after they attempted to run away, according to the document. That suspect, Hernandez, was charged with robbery after the victim identified him in a police lineup, the affidavit said.
