CRIME & SAFETY

BELL COUNTY, Texas (FOX 44) – The Bell County Sheriff’s Department’s Criminal Investigation Division needs your help to find a teenager reported as missing. 15-year-old Edwin Perez is 5’7”, and weighs 90 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. Perez was last seen on...

Killeen, Tx (FOX44) – A 27-year-old Killeen man has been tracked down by U.S. Marshals and held in connection with an attack on a pregnant woman back in April. Kajon Roderick Suckra was booked into the Bell County Jail on Thursday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

BELTON, Texas (KWTX) - A GoFundMe account has been created for the family of Belton resident Nicholas Ramirez, 23, the man who was struck and killed by a vehicle on Friday, May 26. Police said the accident happened shortly after 6 a.m. on May 26 as Ramirez attempted to cross...

TEMPLE, Texas (FOX 44) – Scammers in the Temple area are posing as law enforcement officers and asking for money. The Temple Police Department says that in this particular scam, a voice recording tells the individual they have a warrant out for their arrest – and that they need to call 254-332-4080 and pay over the phone.

Belton, Tx (FOX44) – A Bell County Grand Jury has indicted two men on murder charges in the April 8 shooting death of 18 year old Va’Quintin Carmon Maestre. The victim was found shot in a parking lot in the 800 block of Atlas Avenue in Killeen early on that Saturday morning.

BELTON, Texas — The Belton Police Department said it had located a man reported missing on Thursday. Police said posted to Facebook that Matthew Zayed had gone missing around 10 p.m. Thursday. They said he was in dire need of medication. He had last been seen in the 1000...

Temple, Tx (FOX44) – Temple Police report arresting a 69-year-old man known as “Iron Jaw” who they were seeking in connection with a May 13th stabbing incident. Clarence Ray White, Jr. was booked into the Bell County Jail on Sunday evening and held on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. His bond was set at $200,000.

KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - You may remember the name Samsonite. He’s a pit bull that was rescued in Killeen in 2021 after being found severely burned and discarded in a dumpster. He was rescued by Sandi Walker with Second Chance Farms in Granbury, where he has been recovering ever...

Rockdale, Tx (FOX44) – UPDATE: The second of three suspects sought in the April 27th shooting death of Jefferey McKinney, Jr. at a Rockdale apartment complex is now in custody. 22-year-old James Luther Godfrey IV, of Temple, turned himself in at the Milam County Jail on Saturday afternoon. He...

The hard working men and women of Bell County law enforcement are always on the lookout for criminals trying to run from the law. While many individuals are found and brought to justice, others may elude capture for an extended period of time. Due to the various circumstances, these fugitives...

TEMPLE, Texas (KWTX) - The Temple Police Department said officers located 12-year-old Dominick Casteel. The boy was reported missing Saturday morning after he was last seen near the 2700 block of W. Avenue R. Police said the boy is safe. No further information was provided.

TEMPLE, Texas (KWTX) - Temple police officers are investigating a stabbing that left one victim injured. It happened shortly before 10 a.m. May 26 in the 1100 block of N. General Bruce Drive. Officers dispatched to the area located a man suffering from stab wounds. He was transported to the...

BELTON, Texas (KWTX) - UPDATE: Police on Saturday identified Nicholas Ramirez, 23, of Belton, as the man who died after he was struck by a vehicle Friday morning. The accident happened shortly after 6 a.m. on May 26 as Ramirez attempted to cross N. Main Street near the W. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave intersection.

TEMPLE, Texas — One person was left with minor injuries after a vehicle ran into Primrose School of Temple on May 24, according to Temple Fire and Rescue. Temple Fire and Rescue said the crash happened around 3:43 p.m. Firefighters said they assessed the scene and made sure there...

Harker Heights, Tx (FOX44) – One man was injured in a late Wednesday night shooting in Harker Heights. HHPD spokesman Lawrence Stewart said it happened moments before midnight in the 400 block of Miller’s Crossing. Stewart said an unknown person intentionally fired a handgun into a vehicle being driven by the male victim.

Temple, Tx (FOX44) – A 31-year-old Killeen man remained in the Bell County Jail Thursday following a late night Tuesday traffic crash with an off-duty Temple police officer. Marvin Tyrone Morton faces multiple charges following the crash that occurred about 11:25 p.m. in the 7700 block of Prairie View Road.

BELL COUNTY, Texas — After six long weeks in court, the jury has found Cedric Marks guilty of capital murder for killing his ex-girlfriend, Jenna Scott, and her friend, Michael Swearingin, in Temple back in January 2019. Jury members began deliberating around 1:30 p.m. after both sides presented their...

TEMPLE, Texas (KWTX) - No foul play is suspected after police found a body in the 4700 block of Calle Roble Monday morning, Temple Police said. Officers were dispatched to the scene at about 7 a.m. on May 22. The name and gender of the deceased person were not immediately...

KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - Police officers and state troopers arrested four men during a sting targeting alleged online “predators,” a spokeswoman for the Killeen Police Department announced on Tuesday. The so-called Operation Save Our Youth involved detectives posing as underage teens on various social media platforms. The detectives...

Daniel Chapin, founder of Uvalde Foundation for Kids, is ready to embark on another journey. “I don’t train my body … I just train my heart,” Chapin said. “I’m going to wake up and I’m going to have a cup of coffee and I’m going to look at 21 photos and I’m going to walk 21 miles.”