Police arrested a man who was outside his Austin neighborhood home Friday with a 1-year-old boy when they found a gun and marijuana in a baby stroller, authorities said.
Anthony Kennedy, 32, of the 100 block of North Leclaire Avenue, was arrested after police responded about 3:15 p.m. Friday to a call of a man with a gun on the block, according to a news release. He was ordered held in lieu of $100,000 bail on a felony charge of unlawful possession of a handgun by a felon, as well as misdemeanor child endangerment and other charges.
Police were called to the block and when they started going up to Kennedy, he ran away, but was soon caught, according to the release. Officers found a handgun and marijuana in a baby stroller.
A 1-year-old boy who was with Kennedy was placed in the care of a relative.
Officers found out Kennedy was wanted in connection with a domestic battery, multiple violations of an order or protection and two incidents of criminal damage to property, according to police. He’s been arrested several times since 2012 on crimes which were prosecuted in Domestic Violence Court, and even pled guilty and was sentenced to probation in 2012, according to court records.
Kennedy is due back in court on Friday, according to jail records.