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Police Speak Out: Spring Breakers Cause Chaos on Texas Shores
Kids these days, am I right? It turns out that Texas teens are causing a ruckus in Galveston beaches by their unruly behavior and often-violent tendencies. You see, it all comes from a recent post from the Galveston Police Department urging drivers to travel with extreme caution and expect heavy traffic buildup from what they call an "unsanctioned" senior skip day. Take a look:
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Man found guilty of smuggling 4 across Texas-Mexico border in wheel well, fuel tank
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 48-year-old Jonesboro, Arkansas man has been convicted of hiding four undocumented migrants and bringing them across the Texas-Mexico border. A Corpus Christi jury found Noel Mercado guilty on two counts of alien smuggling. They deliberated for less than 30 minutes. The backstory:. Prosecutors said Mercado...
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Texas Teen Now Most Wanted In State For Terrorist Charges
Austin, Texas based Texas Department of Public Safety has placed a teenager from the San Antonio area on their list of most wanted fugitives, and there is a sizable reward available for information leading to his capture. Texas Crime Stoppers is funded by Governor Abbott's Public Safety Office, and they guarantee cash rewards for anyone who leads authorities to the capture of someone on the Texas’ 10 Most Wanted Fugitives, Sex Offenders or Criminal Illegal Immigrants.
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Federal appeals court reverses Texas death row inmate's 1998 murder conviction
A federal appeals court has tossed an Amarillo woman's death sentence after it found that local prosecutors had failed to reveal that their primary trial witness was a paid informant. With a 2-1 decision, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals last week sent Brittany Marlowe Holberg's 1998 murder conviction back down to the trial court to decide how to proceed. Holberg has been on death row for 27 years. In securing her conviction in 1998, Randall County prosecutors heavily relied on testimony from a jail inmate who was working as a confidential informant for the City of Amarillo...
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Little Girl Walks Alone on Dark Texas Highway; Parents Face Charges
MIDLAND, TEXAS—Officers found a lonely little girl heading Northbound on Rankin Highway at 6:26 a.m. last Thursday after receiving reports of a child walking along the service road. Morning traffic was building up, and it was still dark outside. The temperature was only around 50 degrees. She told police...
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Student at Roy J. Smith Middle School stabbed and killed by fellow classmate: Killeen ISD
KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - Roy. J Smith Middle School was placed on lockdown Monday afternoon after a 14-year-old student was stabbed and killed earlier in the day, the school district confirmed. A GoFundMe account has been set up to help the family of Serenity Baker, who is the girl fatally...
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Trump’s Deportation Raids in Texas Lead to 200 New Federal Criminal Cases
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Department of Justice filed nearly 200 new federal criminal cases related to immigration and border security last week, following several weeks of intense deportation raids in and around Houston and other South Texas cities. The immigration actions involved Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland...
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Texas Pharmacist Gets 17 Years, Forfeits Record $405 Million In Healthcare Fraud Case
A Texas pharmacist has been sentenced to over 17 years in federal prison and ordered to forfeit a record-breaking $405 million for his role in a massive healthcare fraud scheme. Dehshid “David” Nourian, 62, of Plano, was sentenced on February 21st to 17 years and six months in prison and...