AUSTIN MAN ARRESTED AFTER THREE WEEKS ON THE RUN

  

An Austin man on the run for three weeks for an assault committed in Fayette County has been arrested.

The La Grange Police Department announced that 41-year-old Darren LaTodd Houston was apprehended in Austin on Thursday.

Houston was arrested by members of the U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force and Gulf Coast Violent Offender Fugitive Task Force.

Houston had been on trial for Assault-Family Violence after being accused abusing his wife. 

According to La Grange Police, he walked out of his trial at the Fayette County Courthouse on January 12, and never returned.

The jury went on to find Houston guilty.

He was sentenced to 60 years in prison and fined $10,000.