Three men from Sugar Land, Texas, have been charged with first-degree felony drug delivery charges after they sold a potent synthetic marijuana to undercover police officers who responded to an online advertisement for herbal incense. The police seized 1,188 packages...
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Deadly hiccup cure leads to criminal charge for Killeen man
A judge set bail at $1 million for a 27-year-old soldier from Fort Hood in Texas who was charged with second-degree manslaughter in the shooting death another soldier from the base. The shooting is an example of how circumstances and poor judgment can quickly turn a...
Woman divorcing man accused of hiring assassins to kill her
A Dallas, Texas, man was in divorce court recently because his wife is seeking to end their marriage. The woman's reason for seeking the divorce? She believes her husband hired a hit man to kill her. The woman was shot in the face in August and was briefly in a coma;...
Felony theft charges for Austin swimmer towing $120,000 boat
A 26-year-old Austin man's decision to steal a 44-foot sailboat by swimming away with it in tow may have far reaching consequences following his arrest on felony theft charges. The suspect at first refused to release the $120,000 boat and surrender to police. Police...
Houston judge hands down 14 year sentence
This week, a 46-year-old Daisetta man was sentenced to spend over 14 years in prison. The criminal charges came after an investigation involving police departments from Houston, Beaumont, and Daisetta, as well as agents from the FBI. The man was convicted for a pair...
Drunk driving-related offense in Okinawa ends in Texas courtroom
What began as a drunk driving-related offense that left one man dead and another with serious injuries in Japan four years ago came to a resolution recently in a federal court in Texas when the driver of the vehicle entered a plea of guilty to involuntary...
Houston man holds wife at gunpoint in robbery of her employer
A robbery at a Houston law office took a bizarre turn when it was discovered that one of the employees held at gunpoint was the robber's wife. Houston police arrested a 26-year-old ex-cop on theft charges in connection with the incident. According to the police, the...
Self-proclaimed ‘great father’ arrested after family altercation
A Crockett, Texas, man chose the wrong T-shirt to wear when deputies from the Houston County Sheriff's Office came to arrest him on a family violence complaint. The mug shot taken at the suspect's booking shows him wearing a shirt emblazoned with the words "This is...
South Houston fight leaves man dead, another facing charges
A fight between two men in an apartment in South Houston, Texas, ended with one man dead and the other in police custody on a criminal charge. According to the police investigation of the incident, officers went to the apartment in response to reports of a fight at a...
NFL running back facing criminal charge in Houston court
Houston resident and NFL running back Adrian Peterson appeared with his attorney in a Houston court to answer a criminal charge related to an incident last month outside a local club. According to police, Peterson shoved an off-duty police officer when he was asked to...