Texas prosecutors have dropped charges against a prominent conservative activist in Houston related to allegations he was part of what authorities have called a baseless voter fraud conspiracy theory.

Hotze, who was indicted under former District Attorney Kim Ogg, was alleged to have been involved in the case of an air conditioning repairman being pulled over and held at gunpoint because of a former Houston Police Officer, Mark Aguirre.

Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare will announce progress on addressing the county's mental health incarceration crisis, highlighting efforts to divert over 340 individuals from jail to treatment services since January 1.

The current DA, Sean Teare, found no evidence of wrongdoing, reinforcing the former Health Director's stance.

Initially accused of multiple felonies related to contract awards, a thorough review concluded there was no evidence of misconduct.

Ken Paxton’s office sent the letter to HISD Superintendent Mike Miles and the Board President Audrey Momanaee.

It was in early February that KPRC 2 Investigates first exposed potential electioneering by the Houston Independent School District during last year’s controversial bond election.

A woman has been charged in a 2021 home invasion that left a couple and their 6-year-old child shot to death, and a 10-year-old girl injured, according to records.

An unlicensed after-hours club in Northwest Houston was shut down after a raid early Saturday.

A Harris County grand jury returned an indictment charging a Houston teen with terrorism.

A Harris County grand jury returned an indictment charging a Houston teen with terrorism.

Concerns have led to four criminal complaints being filed. Despite the district's silence, parents are urging the Harris County District Attorney to investigate.

After several violent crimes on campus, including robberies and a sexual assault, the president of the University of Houston says a task force will be formed to help gauge what more needs to be done to improve safety on campus.

The search for Eric Brown, who is wanted for sexual assault at the University of Houston has now gone on for more than 10 days after he was mistakenly released 24 hours after he was arrested.

The search continues for a suspect in a sexual assault at the University of Houston.

Eric Latroy Brown, 40, is charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault and one count of aggravated robbery after a student was attacked at the university’s Welcome Center Student Parking Garage around 5:30 p.m. last Friday.

The Harris County District Attorney's Office has dismissed 17 charges against eight Houston police officers linked to the tragic 2019 Harding Street raid.

On Monday we first exposed a $2-million dollar “key action” listed in the 2024-2025 budget consisting of an “Ask voters for a bond election in November 2024.” What we uncovered was that HISD used nearly $1.4 million dollars to hire a consulting group that specializes in communications, governmental relations and campaigns. Ultimately the district posted social media videos with the words “RENEW HISD” at the end of the highly produced thirty-second videos.

Houston Independent School District (HISD) Superintendent Mike Myles is unavailable to discuss a controversial $2-million "key action" linked to a November bond, which involved hiring a consulting group for communication strategies.

The Harris County District Attorney’s Office made a plea deal with the former water department manager Patrece Lee. Lee received 10 years.

The State Bar of Texas’ website said Teare was not eligible to practice law, but hours later it changed. When asked, Teare’s team, told KPRC 2 Investigates it was a misunderstanding.

Former Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg has been hired in a new position within the county.

It’s a New Year, and Harris County has a new District Attorney; Sean Teare was officially sworn in a minute after midnight on New Year’s night.

Arguably the biggest surprise on Tuesday night in Harris County was the race for the county’s next district attorney.

Teare previously served as Division Chief of the Vehicular Crimes for the DA’s Office before he resigned in February 2023 and announced during his candidacy his mission to create a more empathetic justice system.

Texas voters head to the polls on Nov. 5, 2024, to cast their ballots in the general election.

The $500 fine from the Texas Ethics Commission comes after the agency found the Harris County judge broke state campaign laws barring use of government resources for political purposes.

Hidalgo’s staffers were indicted on felony charges related to how they allegedly helped award an $11 million contract to a political consulting firm headed by a Democratic strategist.

The Harris County Criminal Courts at Law have been working to catch up on backlogged cases from over the years.

As a result of Tuesday’s primary election, front-runners for the Harris County District Attorney’s office for both the Democratic and Republican parties were selected and will head to the 2024 November General Election.

Sean Teare spoke to KPRC 2 News after he defeated Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg during the primary election.

Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg conceded to Sean Teare Tuesday night.

Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg conceded to Sean Teare Tuesday night.

In Harris County, voters had cast their ballot in the District Attorney race during the March 5, 2024 primary elections.

The Democratic primary race for Harris County’s next District Attorney may not be “too close to call.”

Incumbent Kim Ogg is at odds with her party, and experts say infighting with challenger Sean Teare could aid Republicans.

Article focusing on the race between Harris County DA Kim Ogg and her opponent Sean Teare and the future of the current criminal cases against Hidalgo's staffers.

Candidates talk to KPRC 2 Investigates about their key endorsements.

The Democratic primary for Harris County District Attorney is intensifying as the two front-runners, Kim Ogg and Sean Teare, actively seek crucial endorsements just over a month before the tightly contested race.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo spoke out Friday after Texas Rangers opened a new public corruption investigation involving “concealed” records that were subpoenaed in a grand jury’s review of how a multi-million dollar county contract was awarded.

Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg responded Thursday to a letter of censure sent out Monday from a number of area Democrats.

Former Harris County Assistant District Attorney Sean Teare is under legal scrutiny by his ex-employer for allegedly delivering a plea deal to a suspect accused of fleeing the scene of a deadly hit-and-run crash in 2020.g

It appears that Teare will now challenge his soon-to-be former boss, District Attorney Kim Ogg, in the next primary.

Authorities say two people are dead after the suspected drunk, speeding driver of their car crashed into a forklift on Houston’s south side Thursday night.

A driver has been charged after an Houston police SWAT officer was injured and a woman was left in critical condition following a head-on collision in northwest Houston Thursday morning, according to the Houston Police Department.

Several local, county, and state agencies are teaming up to combat drunk driving as the New Year’s weekend gets underway.

A 2-year-old little boy has died after a hit-and-run believed to be caused by an intoxicated driver in southwest Houston Saturday afternoon, officers with the Houston Police Department said.

It was a busy day at the Harris County courthouse.

A woman has been charged after Houston police said she crashed her car into a concrete pole while intoxicated, leaving her passenger dead.

The woman accused of orchestrating the triple murder of a southwest Houston family appeared before a judge Monday morning. A representative from the Harris County District Attorney's Office talks about an 11-year-old girl who survived the shooting, detailing what she endured and the justice that is being sought.

Tens of thousands of criminal cases remain backlogged in the Harris County criminal justice system; leaving victims and the accused waiting longer and longer for their day in court. Even the most optimistic estimate from the Harris County Budget Management Department shows it could takes two years to make a significant dent in the backlog.

A woman has been charged in a 2021 home invasion that left a couple and their 6-year-old child shot to death, and a 10-year-old girl injured, according to records.

An infant is dead after a multi-vehicle crash involving two sedans and a wrecker truck at a northwest Harris County intersection, deputies said.

The woman charged in the death of a respected and beloved sergeant with the Harris County Sheriff's Office was "selfish" and "too intoxicated to care" when her actions early Monday caused the preventable tragedy, according to Harris County Vehicular Crimes Division Chief Sean Teare.

The couple who was killed in a crash on Christmas Eve night has been identified.

The holiday season is meant to be spent with family and friends, but according to law enforcement officials, it can also be one of the most dangerous times of the year starting the night before Thanksgiving.

Road Rage incidents are on the rise in and around the Houston area, according to officials.

A person is dead after being run over during a carjacking, Houston police said Tuesday.

A 20-year-old man has been charged with intoxication manslaughter after police said he hit and killed a woman in north Houston Wednesday night.

HOUSTON – A Houston police officer struck a suspected intoxicated driver late Friday night after the civilian disregarded a stop sign, according to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office Vehicular Crimes Division. The officer was driving eastbound down Fuqua Street at approximately 11 p.m. when a civilian driver traveling northbound on a nearby cross street disregarded a stop sign and drove out in front of the marked patrol vehicle. Video of the incident showed that the driver “blew through the stop sign,” said Sean Teare, Chief of the Harris County District Attorney’s Vehicular Crimes Division. “He didn’t stop,” said Teare. “Not only did he disregard the traffic stop sign, he didn’t even know what kind of device was there.

HOUSTON – A pedestrian was hit and killed by a driver early Saturday on Westheimer Road, according to the Houston Police Department. The crash was reported at approximately 1 a.m. in the 7600 block of Westheimer Road, near Hillcroft Avenue. The crash occurred near the location where another pedestrian was fatally struck early Friday, said Teare. A suspected intoxicated driver struck and killed a woman crossing the street in an unmarked area near the intersection of Westheimer Road and Stoney Brook Drive. “This is the second in two nights, basically in the same exact location, about a 100-foot difference.”RELATED: Accused drunk driver arrested after woman fatally struck near Uptown, police sayFatality Crash: Westheimer @ Stoney Brook.

HOUSTON – Family and friends of Kathy Lynn, 63, are asking for the public’s help in finding the person responsible for her death. Lynn was hit and killed Thursday while crossing the street near the intersection of Westheimer Road and Interstate 610 in the Galleria area. The driver responsible never stopped to help and render aid and remains on the run. “Anytime you get involved in anything on the street of Westheimer in Houston you got to know there’s going to be surveillance footage,” Teare said. Teare had a message for the drivers responsible in both cases: “There’s no statute of limitations on this.

HOUSTON – A 19-year-old Adrienne Exum was killed in a suspected DUI crash in north Houston, according to Harris County Sheriff’s Office. The crash occurred after Sunday afternoon at 191 West Road at North Freeway. Fuerte-Padilla was charged with failure to stop and render aid & driving while under the influence, according to officials. Sam Guar, who knew the victim Exum, and several family members watched sheriff’s deputies clean up the fatal crash on West Road at the North Freeway. As she turned onto West Road, deputies say a Dodge Truck struck her from the side.

HOUSTON – Two Houston police officers were injured Friday night after a wrong-way driver struck their patrol vehicle in downtown Houston, according to the Houston Police Department. Both officers were transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to officials. Responding officers said the suspect showed minimal signs of intoxication and admitted she had consumed a few drinks. Teare said the woman could be charged with intoxication assault of a peace officer. “This is downtown Houston on Friday night,” Teare said.

Preston booked in jail wearing sergeant’s handcuffsThe man charged with killing a Houston police sergeant was booked into jail -- wearing that sergeant’s own handcuffs. The Houston Police Officer’s Union tweeted Monday afternoon that Manzano was booked into Harris County Jail while wearing Sgt. ‘Moving in the wrong direction’: Coronavirus positivity rate increases in Houston, mayor saysHouston Mayor Sylvester Turner updated residents on the city’s positivity rate and coronavirus cases as of Monday. On Monday, he said the city is “moving in the wrong direction” after seeing an increase in its positivity rate. Residents say concrete plant causing pollution, health problems in north Harris County neighborhoodResidents in a north Harris County neighborhood are renewing their efforts to shut down a concrete batch plant they say is causing pollution and health problems.

Those charges will be upgraded if the driver of the pickup truck does not survive. READ: Drunk driving suspected in crash that left 3 dead, 2 injured in northwest HoustonProsecutors said Morejon was behind the wheel Sunday morning when he crashed his silver Honda into a black pickup truck. The driver of the black pickup truck was sent to the hospital in serious condition. Harris County prosecutor Sean Teare said a Facebook live video posted to Morejon’s account right before the crash of him being behind the wheel while drinking beer. Surveillance video shows the silver Honda speeding by before hitting the black pickup.

Here are things to know for Monday, Oct. 26:1. UPDATE: Suspect in custody after 19-year-old fatally shot at Texas Renaissance Festival campgroundsA woman was fatally shot at the Texas Renaissance Festival campgrounds early Sunday morning, according to the Grimes County Sheriff’s Office. At approximately 2:40 a.m. Sunday, deputies with the Grimes County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the Texas Renaissance Festival campgrounds in Todd Mission on reports of disturbance. “Allow me to provide as a courtesy, the below in person travel notification for Sen. Kamala Harris which will be publicly released momentarily,” the email reads. Kamala Harris will be personally traveling to Texas on Friday - October 30.

HOUSTON – Three people were killed and two others were injured in a major crash believed to involve speed and alcohol in northwest Houston. The two-vehicle crash occurred near the intersection of FM 529, also known as Spencer Road, and Fairview Street, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. Traffic Investigators are on the scene of a major crash at 12239 FM 529 at Fairview. (He) kills three people in his own car and is going to potentially kill the driver of that truck," Teare said. The truck driver was in critical condition at last check.

HOUSTON – Police said a woman driving with a 2-year-old in her car Monday morning in west Houston claims she blacked out before hitting a 70-year-old woman. Authorities said the 70-year-old was walking with a friend when it happened around 7 a.m. Investigators said the 70-year-old woman and had run left to try and avoid the vehicle when the vehicle swerved her way and hit her. The 70-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the hospital. Neighbors identified the woman who died as Carol Ansel, a beloved, retired elementary school teacher from Rummel Elementary who was taking a routine morning walk. Holder said Ansel and her friend would take their routine walk almost every morning, around the same time.

Realtor David A. Nettles has been charged with taking sexually explicit photos of women he was dating without their knowledge and then sharing them without permission with people the women didn't know.

HOUSTON – A Houston man was charged with tying up and raping his long-term girlfriend. Now, Winrock Hill is accused of convincing two of his friends, one of them a relative of his, to portray themselves as police officers and to try and trick his victim into dropping all charges against him. Now, months later, investigators allege that Hill convinced two other men to pose as police officers to his victim’s house and try to frighten her into dropping all charges. More charges are expected to be filed against Hill in the coming days. The other man in this crime is expected to be charged and arrested in the days to come.

HOUSTON – An innocent man is dead after deputies said a car racing another one going nearly 100 miles per hour crashed into him Thursday. Deputies said the incident happened on Cutten Road near Cypress Creek Parkway in northwest Harris County around 6:45 p.m. Investigators say they have a good lead on the second suspect. “We got yet another death on our road,” Sean Teare with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office said. As for the other driving that was racing, Teare has this to say: “The absolute best thing that person can do is turn themselves in.”Anyone with information is urged to contact Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

HOUSTON, Texas A passenger was killed and a driver critically injured in Houston Saturday morning after their vehicle flew off a highway overpass, Houston Police said. The crash occurred around 2:30 a.m. Saturday in the 1900 block of Pierce Street, near downtown Houston. The driver was transported to Memorial Hermann at the Texas Medical Center in critical condition. Hospital staff alerted authorities that the driver was intoxicated at the time of the crash, police said. At least one of those drivers is suspected of driving while intoxicated, police said.

HOUSTON – The man accused of causing a fatal wreck on the Katy Freeway service road over the weekend faced a judge for the first time on Monday. Police said Amy Shypailo, 29, was killed Sunday when Freeman ran a red light and broadsided her car at the intersection of the Katy Freeway service road and Gessner. Teare said Shypailo was on her way to Memorial-Hermann Hospital in Memorial City, where she worked as a speech pathologist. Teare said Freeman told officers he had a fight with his girlfriend and was just driving around. She was an undergraduate Texas Longhorn before completing her graduate degree in Speech Pathology at the University of Houston.

HOUSTON – Investigators believe a man was intoxicated at the time of a deadly crash on the Katy Freeway frontage road at Gessner Road on Sunday morning. “This defendant was just incredibly selfish and a woman is dead because of it,” Teare said. The woman was traveling southbound on Gessner Road at the time. We are in the process right now of obtaining a search warrant and getting that blood,” Teare said. Teare said the man is 33-years-old and facing a charge of intoxication manslaughter.

HOUSTON A woman was fatally struck by a car moments after feeding stray dogs Saturday evening in northeast Houston, according to the Harris County Sheriffs Office. The car carried the woman a few hundred feet before it crashed into a tree and threw the woman further. An emptied bag of dog food was found at the crash scene and deputies found what appears to be a dog leash lodged in the grill of the car, according to the Harris County Sheriffs Office. Witnesses told investigators the woman came to the location every day to feed stray dogs. They also reported that the car was traveling at speeds of over 100 mph just before the crash.

A bicyclist was killed in a hit-and-run crash Saturday morning, according to the Houston Police Department. Around 5:35 a.m., Houston police received a report of a hit-and-run crash involving a bicyclist on the West Loop 610 service road at the Braeswood Boulevard exit in the Meyerland area. He was just a short distance ahead of the group when he was hit by a vehicle driving southbound on the service road. The callousness of that is truly unacceptableThere is little suspect information and investigation into the fatal hit-and-run crash is ongoing. Cyclists share these roads and weve got to protect them.Teare asked that anyone who witnessed the crash or who has information on vehicles with front-end damage to call the Houston Police Department.

Finks said she was too drunk and was hit while trying to cross the highway, Teare said. Teare said investigators determined that the victim and several other women were brought to Houston by Finks after the coronavirus pandemic prompted the closure of casinos in Las Vegas. Teare said the video showed the woman dropped everything and ran toward I-610 with Finks in pursuit. Teare said the woman nearly made it across I-610 before she was hit. Teare said authorities want to help any of the other women Finks brought to Houston to get back home and get out of prostitution.

HOUSTON – Investigators said two people are dead after a driver hit them while trying to get away from Harris County sheriff’s deputies in northwest Harris County Monday. Simon Cheng of HCSO, a deputy saw a Mercedes driven by Alexis Saborit going over the speed limit and tried to stop Saborit. The deputy said Saborit didn’t stop and led the deputy on a chase southbound on Veterans Memorial past the 249 intersection. An @HCSO_D1Patrol DWI unit was involved in a brief pursuit where the suspect went into oncoming traffic at the 9500 block of Veterans Memorial Dr. and struck another vehicle. Once released from the hospital, Saborit will be booked into the county jail charged with two counts of felony murder.

HOUSTON – For years, Harris County has led the country in drunk driving fatalities, and as Channel 2 Investigates has shown you, tens of thousands of DWI charges are filed each year. But the coronavirus pandemic caused a dip in drunk driving numbers. Abbott teases the possibility of keeping alcohol-to-go forever“We are seeing a decrease, a significant decrease, but it’s not enough,” Teare said. Julio Zaghi with Mothers Against Drunk Driving shares those reservations. “The issue is getting behind the wheel after drinking.”Sean Teare believes not much will change once things are fully reopened.

HOUSTON – Two men who were walking to their grandfather’s house were struck and killed Monday night by a speeding vehicle, police said. “Their Paw-paw stays right down the street, that’s why they were over in this area,” Michael White told KPRC 2. The crash, described as “horrific” by investigators, happened just after 11 p.m. at Cullen Boulevard and Edfield Street. Police said the driver of a white SUV was speeding northbound on Cullen when the vehicle hit the two pedestrians. "It appears he freaked out didn't know what he hit and veered off into the utility pole," said Lt. Barrow with HPD's vehicular crimes unit.

HOUSTON – An innocent man was killed during a wrong-way, head-on crash on the North Freeway. The crash happened around 2:12 a.m. Thursday between Airtex Drive and Rankin in north Harris County, authorities said. The passenger in the Dodge, identified as Antwon Wallace, was not wearing a seatbelt and was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. He has been charged with intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault, authorities said. Teare said authorities will be conducting an investigation into the crash to determine if anyone else played a roll in it.