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Man charged with wage theft for refusing to pay independent laborer; Case a first for Harris County

September 5, 2018  Prosecutors filed the first ever wage theft case in Harris County against a local man who stiffed a self-employed…

Labor Day weekend initiative nets hundreds of arrests

September 4, 2018 HOUSTON- Hundreds of individuals were arrested Labor Day weekend in a Harris County joint agency anti-DWI initiative. Law…

Wife sentenced to decades in prison for shooting, killing husband for ‘yapping’

August 31, 2018  HOUSTON- A wife who told deputies “he wouldn’t stop yelling and cursing me, so I shot him,” was sentenced to 20 years in…

Latest “Knock Off” man tumbles; sentenced to 40 years as part of effort to break up ring that preyed on immigrants

August 29, 2018  A member of a crew that for years preyed on undocumented immigrants and drug dealers was sentenced to 40 years in prison,…

Man gets 26 years for immersing toddler in scalding water

August 23, 2018  A man who immersed a 23-month-old child in scalding bath water was sentenced by a judge to 26 years in prison, prosecutors…

Beefed up effort aimed at saving lives, making roadways safer

August 22, 2018  With summer in the home stretch, and Labor Day weekend fast-approaching, officials are intensifying efforts to catch drunk…

Charges filed against man posing as lawyer

August 17, 2018  HOUSTON- The Harris County District Attorney’s Office and Houston Police Department executed search and arrest warrants this…

Serial rapist gets seven life sentences

August 10, 2018 HOUSTON- Serial rapist Reginald Bond had a pattern. He picked out women who lived in large apartment complexes, were home alone, and…

Three MS-13 gang members headed to prison for murder

August 8, 2018  HOUSTON - The early morning slaying was brutal. Two MS-13 gang members ran down a man they suspected of being a rival, and took…

Clerk charged with selling alcohol to teenage driver in fatal crash

August 6, 2018  HOUSTON- A convenience store clerk is charged with selling alcohol to a teenager prior to a recent high-speed crash in which…