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Man named Optimus Prime arrested for car theft in south Austin: affidavit
Man named Optimus Prime arrested for car theft
A man named Optimus Prime was arrested earlier this week for car theft in Austin.
AUSTIN, Texas – Earlier this week, Austin police arrested a suspected car thief with a strange name.
According to court documents, 37-year-old Optimus Prime Blakely faces a charge of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
The affidavit says officers stopped Blakely on Tuesday after they say they caught him driving a stolen vehicle on Congress Avenue near Radam Lane in south Austin.
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