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News Releases
Derion Vence pleads guilty, sentenced to 40 years in Maleah Davis case
May 27, 2021 Derion Vence pleaded guilty Thursday to tampering with a corpse and injury to a child -- 4-year-old Maleah Davis -- and was sentenced…
Houston man sentenced to 60 years in domestic violence murder
May 25, 2021 A Houston man who slit his own throat after viciously stabbing his common-law wife to death in front of her children in 2018 was…
Houston man convicted of murder in 2012 declared “actually innocent”
May 19, 2021 A Houston man convicted of murder under a prior District Attorney has been declared actually innocent by the state’s highest criminal…
Spring man convicted of murder for hire, sentenced to life in prison
May 4, 2021 A Spring man who tried twice to hire a hitman to kill his ex-girlfriend in 2019 was sentenced to life in prison after a week-long trial…
MS-13’s “Terror” sentenced to life in prison for killing witness
May 1, 2021 Douglas Alexander Herrera-Hernandez, a member of the MS-13 gang, was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole after being…
Harris County Grand Jury declines to indict deputy in shooting
April 30, 2021 A Harris County grand jury on Friday declined to indict a sheriff’s deputy for the 2020 fatal shooting of Missouri City resident…
Galena Park man sentenced to 45 years for stabbing wife
April 22, 2021 A Galena Park man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for fatally stabbing his wife in front of their young daughter on the…
Statement from District Attorney Kim Ogg on the Derek Chauvin verdict
April 20, 2021 Justice is a process and these jurors showed tremendous courage in reaching a just verdict. Millions saw the video, which we all…
Grand Jury determines that attack at salon was a hate crime
April 16, 2021 A grand jury has concluded that a woman accused of assaulting the owner of Uptown Beauty Salon was motivated by race and indicted…
Man gets 45 years for stabbing attack, has history of animal abuse
March 31, 2021 A man was sentenced to 45 years in prison for stabbing a day laborer in a random act of violence, Harris County District Attorney Kim…
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