Leaders of the Houston Police Officers’ Union are sounding the alarm on the city’s safety as criminal suspects walk the streets on bond while the police department battles officer shortages. “I have never in my lifetime – and I’m a lifelong Houstonian – seen this many suspected murderers and capital murderers who are walking the streets of Houston out on …
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Houston IRS office forced to close early after fight breaks out: 'I ain’t doing no playing'
An IRS office in Houston was forced to close early over the weekend – just two days before the Tax Day deadline – after a fight broke out and people rushed into the building to get help with their taxes. It happened during the IRS’ Tax Assistance event. Hundreds of people lined up early Saturday morning in hopes of getting …
Read More »Suspect in deadly Texas DPS office crash now charged, facing $2M bail
The man authorities say crashed a stolen 18-wheeler into a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) office, killing one and injuring 13 others is facing multiple charges. Clenard Parker, 42, has been charged with evading arrest, unauthorized use of a vehicle and multiple aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charges, according to online Washington County Jail records. The crash happened …
Read More »Texas mother of two arrested after allegedly leaving young children home alone to go on cruise
A mother of two in Texas is behind bars after she allegedly left her young children home alone for nearly a week while she went on a cruise. Lakesha Woods Williams, 29, was arrested on two charges of child endangerment on Thursday after leaving her 6-year-old and 8-year-old children alone in her high-rise apartment in Houston for six days, according …
Read More »Texas police say armed man robbed group working out in park before kidnapping, assaulting woman
A Texas man is facing charges after he allegedly robbed a group of people who were working out in a Houston park and then kidnapped and assaulted a woman in the group, according to local reports. Josue Carranza, 42, is charged with two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon, one count of aggravated …
Read More »Texas boys, dubbed ‘little rascals,’ arrested after Houston bank robbery
Three juveniles, aged 11, 12 and 16, were taken into custody in Texas on Tuesday in connection with a bank robbery in Houston, authorities said. The trio had been wanted since last week when they allegedly robbed a Wells Fargo bank on the North Freeway and West Road in Houston’s Greenspoint area. “All three bank robbery suspects known as the …
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