The case against Daniel Perry, the U.S. Army sergeant indicted for murder, deadly conduct, and aggravated assault after killing Garrett Foster at a protest in Downtown Austin in 2020, is now over. The jury spent 17 hours deliberating after hearing testimony from dozens of witnesses and closing statements from the prosecution and defense teams. Perry was found guilty of murder for his actions related to Foster’s death. However, the jury found him not guilty of aggravated assault. Deputies immediately handcuffed and took Perry into custody after the court rendered its verdict. According to trial evidence, on July 25, 2020, Perry… Read More
Tony Diaz, 39, was killed after being struck by a bus driver riding his bike on Jan. 28, 2019. (Fox 7 Austin) Adam Loewy, a personal injury attorney at Loewy Law Firm in Austin, talked to Fox 7 Austin about the criminal case underlying his representation of a local family in a wrongful death lawsuit. On January 28, 2019, Mindi Stafford struck and killed former Fox 7 employee Tony Diaz as he biked on the UT campus. She was driving a CapMetro bus at the time. She initially faced a charge of manslaughter. However, prosecutors reduced the… Read More
The team at The Loewy Law Firm is proud to announce that Austin Monthly has recognized our very own Adam Loewy in their 2021 issue of “Top Attorneys in Austin.” Adam has been recognized by the magazine as one of Austin’s best personal injury attorneys. Winners are chosen by Austin Monthly through a peer-voting process in which other attorneys were asked to nominate their most respected peers and colleagues for this top honor. Austin Monthly collaborated with DataJoe, a software and research company, to tally up the votes and select the winners. The… Read More
A man has recently come forward publicly to outline the events surrounding the death of his father two years ago. He has done this in hopes of alerting people to the dangers of renting vacation accommodations from sites like Airbnb. According to Zak Stone, his family rented a home in Austin two years ago with the intention of celebrating Thanksgiving. Among the amenities in the home was a swing hanging from a tree outside. Stone’s father tried the swing out and ultimately lost his life. Stone explains the events as follows: The family found a cottage for… Read More
A tragic accident claimed the life of a child in a community just southwest of San Antonio over the weekend. According to official reports, the boy, Jeremiah Martinez, 8, was playing in his backyard by himself. It is apparent that he was playing on a homemade rope swing and accidentally strangled himself. The person who found the boy is not being named in public reports at this time. The child was transported to University Hospital in San Antonio where he, sadly, passed away from his injuries. The sheriff’s office in La Salle County is not releasing any… Read More
AUSTIN, TX – We all want to feel safe in our homes. We lock our doors at night, some of us even have security systems installed. How safe would we feel if we had a police officer living right next door? The city of Austin believes that having police officers living in the city would benefit residents, and they are going so far as to offer possible incentives to officers who are willing to move out of the suburbs and into the city. According to Council Member Kathie Tovo, the group is hoping to draft a resolution that would… Read More
