On March 19, Houston police arrested a 40-year-old mother on suspicion of manufacturing and providing controlled substances and alcohol to a teen who died in May 2014 in a hotel after her prom. Her son had already been charged with aggravated assault related to the...
Month: March 2015
Man faces robbery charges following purse-snatching incidents
Houston police say that a tip from Crime Stoppers helped them identify a man who may have been involved in three robberies that occurred in local Walmart parking lots on Feb. 2, Feb. 21 and March 1. According to news sources, the 21-year-old man has been taken into...
Police in Texas arrest suspected drug manufacturer
On March 6, police officers in Montgomery County arrested a man who they believed was making synthetic drugs and selling them to high school students in the area. The individual taken into custody, whose name the police did not release, was out on a bail for an...
New bill may give first-time DWI offenders clean record
On March 3, lawmakers in Texas looked at a bill that would allow some first-time DWI offenders to maintain clean criminal records. The initial version of the bill would require any county in Texas with a population of greater than 200,000 to implement Direct...
Texas high school student detained on drug charges
A 15-year-old student at a Texas high school was taken into custody on Feb. 25 for distribution of prescription drugs and synthetic LSD. This is the latest development in a case in which several teens have been detained for drug-related charges. In all, four juveniles...