In northwest Harris County, Steven Eberly, 36, allegedly killed contractor Luis Silva Mendez, 53, driven by jealousy over a suspected romantic involvement with Eberly's girlfriend, the homeowner.

A woman named Rodriguez Flores is accused of injecting counterfeit Botox into a patient's face in Houston without a medical license.

Benjamin Frakes, 39, has been charged with capital murder for the shooting deaths of his father, Franklin Frakes, 72, and stepmother, Florentina Frakes, 56, in their Spring home.

Federal prosecutors have rejected claims of a conflict of interest in the arson case against former Turkey Leg Hut co-owner Lynn Price, involving attorney Letitia Quinones-Hollins.

A former employee of Bear Branch Junior High in Magnolia ISD was arrested in The Woodlands following a report of sexual assault by a teenage student.

ICE said Hector Castillo-Garcia was previously removed from the U.S. three times and has a lengthy criminal history dating back more than 20 years.

Former Turkey Leg Hut co-owner Lynn Price is challenging the inclusion of evidence in his federal arson case, claiming his Sixth Amendment rights have been violated.

On Mother’s Day, Bao Hoang Dinh allegedly attacked his parents in their northwest Houston home, resulting in the death of his mother, Hat Nguyen, and injuries to his father. It's unclear why he did it.

Three young men, ranging between 18-20, were arrested after stealing a Mustang and leading officers on a brief chase.

Enrique “Ricky” Vela, a 40-year-old man from La Porte, was arrested on February 26 after a forensic search of his cell phones revealed video files of him sexually assaulting local underaged male children.

Holman Hernandez, a 50-year-old man from Houston, is on trial for allegedly kidnapping a 3-year-old girl.

Joshua Youngblood, 45, has been charged with murder and aggravated sexual assault following the fentanyl-related death of his daughter, Jade Youngblood, on Thanksgiving Day 2023 in Houston.

Montgomery County authorities are investigating a sexual assault incident involving an Uber driver, Janaka Manatunga, who was arrested after allegedly assaulting a woman near Market Street in The Woodlands.

Two of Texas' 10 Most Wanted were captured in separate arrests within days. David Earl Rogers, wanted for aggravated assault and other charges, was arrested in Converse by the U.S. Marshals and DPS Special Agents.

A road rage incident on FM 1488 in Montgomery County was swiftly managed by Sheriff Wesley Doolittle.

A 30-year-old man was fatally shot in a possible domestic dispute in the Stablewood Farms subdivision in Cypress.

LaPatrick Deshawn Mitchell, 25, has been charged with the murder of 68-year-old John Williams after DNA evidence linked him to a crime scene in Houston. Williams was shot inside his home on February 21, 2023, and died from his injuries on May 16, 2023.

An illegal gambling operation in Houston's 10700 block of FM 1960 Rd W was dismantled following an undercover investigation led by Constable Mark Herman’s Criminal Investigations Division.

John Roman, a 40-year-old Houston man, is charged with capital murder for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Breandrea Wiley, to silence her as a witness in his aggravated robbery trial.

Daniel Field has been arrested for posing as an FBI agent to secure a car loan.

Seven suspects, aged 15 to 18, robbed a smoke shop in north Houston on December 20, 2024, at around 10 p.m.

David Jacob Bettsack, a medical radiologic technologist with Sugar Land MRT, had his license temporarily suspended after the board said they learned he was arrested and charged with two counts of Possession of Child Pornography.

A Denton County commissioner was injured, and her husband was killed after they were stabbed overnight by their grandson, according to Lewisville police.

A Houston man, Deangelo Monrta Patrick, is charged with kidnapping after allegedly forcing a stranger into his car at gunpoint in a parking lot.

A 17-year-old student was arrested following a shooting at Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Dallas that injured students.

Kara Hernandez, a former teacher at Ronald Thornton Middle School in Fort Bend ISD, has been arrested and indicted on two felony charges for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with a student.

A man in La Marque is facing felony charges for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly attacking an individual who later sought help at the La Marque Police Department with severe hea

A 15-year-old runaway from California was found in Harris County, Texas, living with 28-year-old Tarik Exavier Jammer, whom she had met online and been involved with since running away at age 14.

Three men were arrested in Houston after allegedly stealing a Mustang at gunpoint and leading police on a chase.

A 17-year-old, Mark Leyva, has been arrested and charged with capital murder in the shooting death of Giovanni Cruz, also 17, whose body was found in a backyard in the Yaupon Ranch subdivision in December.

Daniel Byrd, a former high school teacher in Texas, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) via online platforms.

Jaysha Victorian, a 23-year-old from Houston, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud after exploiting her position at a bank contractor to fraudulently credit prepaid debit cards with $8.6 million.

A Houston teenager has been arrested and charged with multiple offenses, including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, invasive visual recording, and aggravated robbery, after allegedly robbing a victim at gunpoint, forcing him to strip naked, and posting explicit footage of the incident online.

Five people including four children were taken to a hospital after a major crash in North Houston Tuesday.

Miguel Espinoza, accused of driving drunk and killing a family of four in a golf cart in Galveston, pleaded guilty before his trial began.

Two brothers, Crisanto Caal Ba and Daniel Salvador Caal Ba, have been charged with the murder of 23-year-old Otto Pop Coc, who was found fatally stabbed on the Gulf Freeway service road in Houston in mid-March.

Jerel Ward Griffin, a former instructional aide at Glenda Dawson High School in Pearland, was arrested on March 26 for allegedly sending inappropriate images and videos to a 14-year-old student, constituting a charge of Online Solicitation of a Minor.

Detectives from Constable Ryan Gable’s Office, in collaboration with local law enforcement and the Texas Department of Public Safety, conducted a sting operation on March 18, 2025, targeting online predators soliciting minors.

Brookshire Police have announced the second suspect in the 2024 murder of a 18-year-old has been taken into custody.

Miguel Espinoza, accused of driving drunk and killing a family of four in a golf cart in Galveston, pleaded guilty before his trial began.

A second man has been charged in connection to a deadly shootout at a McDonald’s in west Harris County that claimed the life of a grandfather.

Maria Rojas, a Houston woman, is under investigation for allegedly posing as a licensed gynecologist and operating multiple birthing clinics without proper licensing, as revealed in recently released court documents.

A man named Antoine Leandre Ridge has been charged with murder following a deadly shootout inside a McDonald's in west Harris County, where 61-year-old Jorge Rolando Arbaiza was fatally shot.

Harris County Precinct 4 deputies, in collaboration with the FBI Houston Safe Streets Task Force, executed narcotics search warrants at two locations in Harris County, seizing large quantities of illegal drugs.

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the closure of several Houston-area abortion clinics and the arrest of their operator, Maria Margarita Rojas, for unlawfully providing abortions and employing unlicensed individuals.

A 20-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection to the death of a college student from Pasadena.

Texas authorities arrested midwife Maria Margarita Rojas and medical assistant Jose Manuel Cendan Ley for performing illegal abortions and operating unlicensed clinics in Houston.

Maria Margarita Rojas, 48, a 48-year-old midwife known as “Dr. Maria,” was arrested in Waller County, Texas, for allegedly performing illegal abortions and operating unlicensed medical clinics.

A Galveston County Health District employee, Brittani Nikole Martinez, has been arrested for allegedly stealing between $2,500 and $30,000 from the district.

A man named Chance Chavez has been arrested and charged with murder after his wife was found dead in their northwest Houston home.

Deputy Landon Slatter, who worked with the sheriff's office for 15 years, resigned immediately after his arrest for allegedly sexually assaulting a child he met through social media.

Eric Latroy Brown, accused of sexually assaulting a University of Houston student, is refusing to cooperate with his legal team and has declined to post his $15 million bond.

A 44-year-old man, Abraham Giovanni Molina, has been arrested by the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office on charges of indecency with a child by sexual contact and aggravated sexual assault.

A Harris County teenager, accused of planning an attack on Memorial High School, appeared in juvenile court and will remain in custody until March 6. Defense attorneys requested her conditional release for treatment, citing her history of depression and self-harm.

Jamal Porter, with a history of family violence, is charged with injuring a child after allegedly striking a three-month-old with a blunt object, resulting in fatal injuries.

A 56-year-old man from Kemah, Charles Rodney Finnell Jr., has been arrested for aggravated sexual assault after allegedly attacking a woman he met on Tinder at his home.

A 15-year-old was arrested after leading police on a 49-mile chase following a vehicle theft in the 15500 block of Royal Trace Court.

Bun Khath, a 43-year-old Houston resident, has pleaded guilty to laundering funds from a $40 million bank fraud scheme, admitting to falsifying loan documents and managing shell companies to facilitate money transfers from 2016 to 2021.

Kara King, 17, and her boyfriend, Uriah Urick, 18, are accused of murdering Kara's grandmother, Tammy Sue King, in Bacliff.

After nearly three decades, the murder of 24-year-old Donna Oglive, who was strangled in Toronto in 1998, has been solved.

The Galveston County Sheriff’s Office have arrested two teenage suspects, Tara King and Uriah Urick, charged with capital murder in the death of Tammy King on February 5, 2025, in Bacliff, Texas.

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is asking for anyone with any information or relevant concerns to reach out to them after arresting a man for allegedly possessing child pornography.

The second suspect who was wanted in connection to the deadly shooting of a 14-year-old in northwest Houston back in July has been taken into custody.

The second suspect who was wanted in connection to the deadly shooting of a 14-year-old in northwest Houston back in July has been taken into custody.

Giovanni Matt Ornelas, 31, was re-arrested on January 7 by the U.S. Marshal’s Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force after evading law enforcement for over a year.

Authorities began investigating Taylor Roy after getting tips about videos showing young girls recorded in public areas; namely The Woodlands Mall, Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, and local parks. Some footage allegedly included young girls undressing in a Forever 21 dressing room.

Maurice Calvin Turner, 49, was arrested on January 5, 2025, in Houston for allegedly impersonating a city official to defraud a local resident by offering to paint her curb address for payment

Investigators said when David Banda was advised that charges for reckless driving were accepted, "he slipped his restraints to the front of his body and attempted to disarm the deputy."

Deputies with the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office got quite the surprise during a traffic stop Friday.

Pedro Luis Parra Pulgar, a 46-year-old resident of Fulshear, has been charged with three counts of attempted murder after allegedly setting his home on fire with his three children inside.

A Houston group home manager, Joe James, has been charged with aggravated robbery after allegedly attempting to smother 88-year-old resident Pedro Benavides Jr. with a pillow during a robbery on October 20.

The FBI Houston Field Office has launched a federal civil rights investigation to seek more victims of a Houston park ranger accused targeting members of the LGBTQ community by demanding money or sexual favors in exchange for not being arrested at Cullen Park.

A Pasadena city councilwoman was arrested, charged with possession of a controlled substance.

A man accused of fatally stabbing his sister and young niece at a west Houston apartment complex faced a judge Wednesday, as prosecutors shared new details about the case.

Tameria Barnett, a 30-year-old Houston woman, is facing charges of injury to a child after allegedly assaulting her friend's 4-year-old daughter, leaving the child in critical condition.

29-year-old Kendrick Rayvon Fisher is charged with capital murder.

Janet Ruby Ochoa, 22, has been released on bond after being charged with failure to stop and render aid following a fatal hit-and-run incident on Nov. 4 on the North Freeway in Houston.

Athir Murady, 28, is accused of fatally shooting Harris County Precinct 4 Deputy Constable Maher Husseini at an intersection in Houston on September 3.

Jose Ivan Mendoza, 37, has been charged with capital murder for the 2021 death of Jesus Salgado in Houston, where Salgado was allegedly stabbed, burned, and beaten during an attempted kidnapping.

A 21-year-old Houston man, Antonio Prejean, has been charged with murder following a drive-by shooting in July that killed 19-year-old Jusnz Joseph on the Eastex Freeway feeder road.

A family dispute in North Harris County escalated into a murder investigation after 21-year-old Jyzell Atlee died from stab wounds inflicted by his 17-year-old brother, Keion Atlee.

Oscar Ovidio Villagas, 39, was arrested in Houston for allegedly disciplining his 10-year-old daughter by burning her hands on an electric stove and forcing her to perform squats while holding a heavy object.

Constable Ryan Gable’s Criminal Investigations Division, alongside law enforcement partners, will announce arrests related to internet crimes against children and human trafficking during a press conference at 10 a.m.

Two Houston police officers were involved in an early morning chase after attempting to stop a driver for running a red light.

William Glenn Herron was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend, Mary Elizabeth Hyman, in San Leon, Texas, and sentenced to 40 years in prison.

Sabina Muhammed, a 61-year-old woman from Harris County, has been arrested and charged with stalking and identity fraud for her long-term harassment of a former classmate from the University of Houston.

A student was injured in a hit-and-run accident on November 19 in Harris County while walking to school. The driver, John Wesley Williams, was arrested and charged with failing to stop and render aid.

Chad Maydwell, already jailed for the capital murder of his grandmother, now faces additional charges for allegedly killing fellow inmate Michael Griego at Harris County Jail.

Authorities arrested Evan Gyuricza and Misty Broadway in Harris County for leaving their four children unsupervised in a disorganized home while they went to a bar and became intoxicated.

A hit-and-run incident in west Harris County led to the death of a man and serious injuries to a woman named Keturah Palmer. The driver, Yusdenis Llano, was apprehended after the SUV struck the pedestrians on Addicks Satsuma Road around 2 a.m. and fled the scene.

Authorities in Corpus Christi arrested 35-year-old Elpidio DeLeon Gonzalez, also known as "Leo," after an hours-long manhunt connected to a double stabbing in Grimes County.

A police pursuit in the Spring area on November 13 ended with the arrest of Montreal Dwayne Frye, who allegedly fled from deputies in a stolen vehicle.

A 21-year-old man, Enrique Malaquias Bonilla, has been charged with murder for allegedly dropping 23-year-old Sostenos Briones from a six-story parking garage during a robbery on September 26 at an apartment complex on Leona Street in Houston.

Two suspects, Victoria Renee Martinez and Christopher Manley, were arrested in Houston for mail theft and identity fraud after allegedly using a stolen mail key to access postal boxes.

A teenage suspect, Adiel Alexander Sandoval, 17, has been denied bond after being charged with capital murder for the fatal shooting of three individuals at the Tierra Del Sol Apartments in Alief.

A Metro bus driver was stabbed near Highway 249 and Gessner on Thursday morning, sustaining injuries to the hand, head, and shoulder.

Kevin Stubblefield Jr., 21, has been charged with serious bodily injury to a child after a 4-year-old girl in his care was found severely malnourished with burns, fractures, and signs of blunt force trauma.

Marcia Nickette Remedies, 71, was sentenced to eight months in federal prison and ordered to pay $24,887.75 in restitution for defrauding a 91-year-old bedridden woman in Hardin County.

Frank Orenday has been charged with capital murder following a shooting at the Mustang Inn Motel in Humble on November 1, 2023.

Court records say Juniper Bryson reached out to a connection through her late husband, asking if she knew any families looking to adopt, where she disclosed her baby would test positive for drugs and was unable to keep him.