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San Angelo Police search for second 'Walmart Imposter' burglary suspect

The San Angelo Police Department is asking for information on the whereabouts of Austin B. Yount.
Credit: San Angelo Police Department

SAN ANGELO, Texas — On April 23, the San Angelo Police Department published a “need to identity” video of two men who had burglarized a local Walmart while posing as Walmart employees.

On April 24, the department published an update about the case saying both men had been arrested in Kimble County on unrelated charges. The men were identified as John Taylor Fest, 30, and Austin Bradley Yount, 30.

Through follow-up investigation, an SAPD Criminal Investigations Division detective obtained warrants of arrest for the pair for the charge of burglary of building, a state jail felony.

Tuesday night, Fest was apprehended by the Texas Department of Public Safety and additionally charged with unauthorized use of motor vehicle.

Police are still searching for Yount.

Anyone with information about Yount’s whereabouts is asked to call police dispatch at 325-657-4315 or send a direct message to the department’s Facebook or Twitter pages. To remain anonymous, tip online at bit.ly/SAPDTips247 or by text: text TIP SAPD to 888777 and follow the prompts.

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