Judge hands out 75-year sentence in 2020 Cedar Park standoff

Staff Reports
Posted 2/26/26

GEORGETOWN, Texas — A visiting judge sentenced Joseph Desean Taylor to 75 years in prison Feb. 6 for a 2020 hostage standoff in Cedar Park that wounded three police officers.

Taylor, 32, was …

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