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Mother accused of abandoning 3 children at apartment with brother’s decaying remains sentenced
Read full article: Mother accused of abandoning 3 children at apartment with brother’s decaying remains sentencedThe mother has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for her role in the death of her 8-year-old son, Kendrick Lee.
Judge Kelli Johnson, known for covering several prominent Harris Co. cases, to take medical leave
Read full article: Judge Kelli Johnson, known for covering several prominent Harris Co. cases, to take medical leave“This was a case that should never have been filed. Judge Johnson had no alcohol on her breath or drugs in her system," her attorney Chris Tritico said in a statement. "There was, quite frankly, no probable cause to arrest her.
‘We are relieved:’ Judge Kelli Johnson, known for covering several prominent Harris Co. cases, has DWI charge dismissed
Read full article: ‘We are relieved:’ Judge Kelli Johnson, known for covering several prominent Harris Co. cases, has DWI charge dismissed“This was a case that should never have been filed. Judge Johnson had no alcohol on her breath or drugs in her system," her attorney Chris Tritico said in a statement. "There was, quite frankly, no probable cause to arrest her.
‘Out of control’: Harris Co. Judge Kelli Johnson’s cases reassigned; her long-time court reporter files complaint
Read full article: ‘Out of control’: Harris Co. Judge Kelli Johnson’s cases reassigned; her long-time court reporter files complaintKelli Johnson, the high-profile Harris County Judge who presides 178 District Court, has been in the spotlight over the past few weeks after she was charged for driving while intoxicated, now her cases are reassigned.
Harris County Judge Kelli Johnson arrested on DWI charge
Read full article: Harris County Judge Kelli Johnson arrested on DWI chargeJudge Kelli Johnson, the presiding judge of the 178th Criminal District Court in Harris County, was arrested early Tuesday morning for driving while intoxicated. Known for her role in the high-profile AJ Armstrong trial. What are your thoughts on this incident? Let us know in the comments below!
‘I hope those 3 boys haunt you’ Houston Judge tells child murderer Brian Coulter who killed girlfriend’s 8-year-old son
Read full article: ‘I hope those 3 boys haunt you’ Houston Judge tells child murderer Brian Coulter who killed girlfriend’s 8-year-old sonJudge Kelli Johnson said she'd seen and heard a lot in her years on the bench, but this case was 'horrific.'
Brian Coulter guilty of killing girlfriend’s 8-year-old son, leaving remains in abandoned Houston area home
Read full article: Brian Coulter guilty of killing girlfriend’s 8-year-old son, leaving remains in abandoned Houston area homeBrian Coulter is on trial for the murder of his girlfriend's 8-year-old son, Kendrick Lee.
Trial begins for man accused of killing girlfriend’s 8-year-old son, leaving remains in abandoned Houston area home
Read full article: Trial begins for man accused of killing girlfriend’s 8-year-old son, leaving remains in abandoned Houston area homeBrian Coulter is on trial for the murder of his girlfriend's 8-year-old son, Kendrick Lee.
Harris County man accused of beating girlfriend’s 8-year-old son to death chooses judge over jury trial
Read full article: Harris County man accused of beating girlfriend’s 8-year-old son to death chooses judge over jury trialAccused perpetrator opts for judge-only trial in shocking child murder case
State report shows multiple investigations prior to abandoned 8-year-old’s death
Read full article: State report shows multiple investigations prior to abandoned 8-year-old’s deathA 12-page child fatality report shows Child Protective Services was involved, at multiple points, in the life of a family that included an 8-year-old boy whose corpse was found among his living siblings back in October 2021.
Inside the Houston area’s violent year: 12 stories offer a glimpse into trauma, loss experienced in our area in 2021
Read full article: Inside the Houston area’s violent year: 12 stories offer a glimpse into trauma, loss experienced in our area in 2021Road rage shootings, beating deaths, and robberies turned deadly -- the Houston area witnessed an onslaught of unimaginable crimes this year.
Bond raised to $1.5 million for mother accused of abandoning three children at apartment with brother’s decaying remains
Read full article: Bond raised to $1.5 million for mother accused of abandoning three children at apartment with brother’s decaying remainsOn Friday, a judge raised the bond to $1.5 million for a woman who is accused of leaving her three children abandoned in an apartment with their sibling’s skeletal remains.
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Man at center of abuse, abandonment case arrested at gas station in Nov. 2020 - the same month investigators say he fatally beat 8-year-old boy
Read full article: Man at center of abuse, abandonment case arrested at gas station in Nov. 2020 - the same month investigators say he fatally beat 8-year-old boyKPRC 2 has learned that Brian Coulter, the man at the center of a horrific abuse and abandonment case, was jailed for a week in November 2020 -- the same month investigators say he beat his girlfriend’s eight year-old child to death.
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‘We eat good’: Man at center of abuse, abandonment case brags on Instagram during time investigators say his girlfriend’s children were starving
Read full article: ‘We eat good’: Man at center of abuse, abandonment case brags on Instagram during time investigators say his girlfriend’s children were starvingThe family of Brian Coulture, the man accused of killing his girlfriend's 8-year-old child and severely abusing her other children, sent KPRC 2 a statement expressing sympathy for what has happened. The family says the man at the center of the horrific case is not the person they raised.
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‘Too horrific to be real’: Court docs say 2 kids saw brother’s beating death -- just one disturbing revelation uncovered in west Harris County abandonment case
Read full article: ‘Too horrific to be real’: Court docs say 2 kids saw brother’s beating death -- just one disturbing revelation uncovered in west Harris County abandonment caseTwo boys described in gruesome detail how their brother was beaten to death, just days after authorities found the boy’s skeletal remains in an apartment in West Harris County.