Texas Crime

MARGARITA MOMMA: Woman Allegedly Left Child In Car To Down Drinks At Bar

Posted 05.07.2012

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A Texas woman's quick trip to Margaritaville could leave her wasting away in jail. Authorities say that Jessica Christian locked her 2-year-old son...

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Police Arrest Dad Who Put Dead Baby In Fridge

Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Baby-in-Refrigerator, Houston, Joseph Deelee Mouton, Texas Crime, Baby in Fridge, Joseph-Elijah-Mouton, Joseph Mouton, Crime News

Houston police filed charges against a 57-year-old dad days after they discovered his 6-month-old son's dead body inside a refrigerator. On May 2,...

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GAME OVER: Cops Find Cocaine In XBox 360

Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: El Paso, Texas, Video, Texas Crime, Xbox 360, Drugs Inside Xbox, Carlos Valenzuela Arrested, Carlos Valenzuela, Cocaine, Drug Smuggling, Crime News

As if video games weren't addictive enough. Authorities in Texas arrested a man on Thursday after a routine traffic violation led to the discovery ...

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Stabbed, Castrated Man Found In Bloody Motel Room

Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Woman Castrates Man, Texas Crime, Cristal Paulette Richardson, Mug Shots, Cedric Lamont Owen, Cristal Richardson, Man Castrated, Cristal Richardson Castration, Cedric Owen, Dallas, Crime News

A Dallas woman is accused of stabbing a man to death and castrating him in a motel room on Saturday, KWTX reported. A motel employee heard an earl...

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11 Years, No Answers For Family Of Missing Texas Teen

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Barry Parris, Daniel Busken, Crime, Crime News, Louise Kinslow, Missing Teen, Slidewide, Sarah Elizabeth Kinslow, Sarah Kinslow, Sarah Kinslow Missing, Texas, Video, Greenville, Curtis Bell, Texas Crime, Missing Persons, Curtis Wayne Bell, Crime News

The eleventh anniversary of the disappearance of 14-year-old Sarah Elizabeth Kinslow is a painful reminder for her mother. "It is very difficult n...

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Man Arrested In Alleged Electric Guitar Murder

Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Man Killed With Guitar, Texas, Murder, Video, Peter Levay, Texas Crime, Maurice Eckert, Austin, Peter Levay Arrested, Austin Police Department, Peter Andrew Levay, Crime News

Unwelcome sexual advances may have prompted a man to beat his neighbor to death with an electric guitar. Austin police arrested Peter Andrew Levay,...

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Woman Accused Of Kidnapping Newborn Said Baby Was Left On Doorstep: Cop

AP | JUAN A. LOZANO | Posted 04.24.2012

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CONROE, Texas — Bloody jeans and a handgun believed to be the murder weapon were found in the apartment of a Texas woman accused of kidnapping a...

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Police Chase Breaks Out In Downtown Dallas

Posted 04.19.2012

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A runaway suspect led police on a wild car chase from an interstate highway through downtown Dallas. Authorities arrested Tenorris Duncan, 25, foll...

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Sheriff: 3 Shot To Death At Texas Cockfight

AP | CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Illegal Cockfighting, Murder, Texas, Video, Texas Crime, La Blanca, Cockfighting, Three Dead Texas Cockfight, Cockfight, Texas Cockfighting Murder, Crime News

EDCOUCH, Texas — Masked gunmen opened fire during an illegal cockfight at a Texas ranch near Mexico early Thursday, killing three people and wou...

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FBI: Strip Club Owner Plotted To Kill Mayor

The Huffington Post | Steven Hoffer | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Texas, Video, Texas Crime, Organized Crime, Ryan Walker Grant, Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck, Fbi, Arlington, Ryan Walker Grant Arrested, Crime News

A Texas strip club owner attempted to hire Mexican hit-men to murder two city officials, according to an FBI criminal complaint. Police arrested Ry...

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Incredible Hiding Place For $7 Million Worth Of Marijuana

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: El Paso, Video, Rock Raker, Parker County Cops Seize 1.5 Tons of Marijuana, Marijuana, Texas Crime, 1.5 Tons of Marijuana, Pot, 7 Million Marijuana Bust, Big Pot Bust, Crime News

Eagle-eyed cops seized nearly 1.5 tons of pot at a truck stop on a Texas highway Thursday -- worth nearly $7.5 million. A Parker County Sheriff's D...

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Why Did This Man Graffiti An Angry Message His Own House?

Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Texas, Video, Man Graffitis Own Home, Texas Crime, Vandalism, Graffiti, Stolen Truck Graffiti, Daryl McClain, Weird Texas, Weird News News

"To the mother fu----- that stole my truck. URA Dead MAN." That's Daryl McClain's message -- spray-painted in bold black letters on his garage door...

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Party Runs Out Of Beer: 1 Dead, 7 Injured In Gruesome Melee

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Gun Violence, Fight at Texas Party, Texas Party Shooting, Video, Shooting, Texas Crime, Beer, Party Violence, One Dead Seven Injured at Texas Party, 11 Year Old Shot, Crime News

One person was killed and seven others injured amid shootings and stabbings at a girl's birthday party -- all because the house ran out of beer, polic...

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Man Studied Serial Killers Before Allegedly Shooting His Family

AP | By MICHAEL GRACZYK | Posted 05.25.2012

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HEMPSTEAD, Texas -- A man charged with fatally shooting his parents and brother in their Texas home had been studying serial killers and mass shooting...

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Cheerleader Still Missing, But Other Remains Are Found

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2012

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By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO, March 24 (Reuters) - Human remains found in a West Texas town this week were those of a male, dashing spe...

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Man Wrongfully Imprisoned For 25 Years Fights Texas For Compensation

AP | NOMAAN MERCHANT | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Billy Frederick Allen Wrongful Conviction, Video, Billy Frederick Allen Compensation, Texas Crime, Billy Frederick Allen, Innocence Project of Texas, McKinney Texas, Crime News

McKINNEY, Texas -- Billy Frederick Allen spent more than 25 years in prison before an appeals court overturned his convictions in two murders. Three y...

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Pastor Accused Of Chucking Cat Off Bridge Faces Civil Suit

HuffingtonPost.com | Andy Campbell | Posted 03.16.2012

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The Texas pastor accused of imprisoning his neighbor's 12-year-old cat in a cage and then chucking him over a bridge was slapped with a civil lawsuit ...

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1 Dead As Raging 'Project X' Party Ends In Gunfire

Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Houston Crime, Video, Houston, Texas Crime, Houston Project X Party, Project X Party, Man Dies at Project X Party, Crime News

An unidentified man is dead after a Houston-area rave emulating a teen party-movie ended in gunfire. Police say that several attendees fired guns, ...

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2 Kids, 11 And 5, Live In Abandoned Bus While Parents Are Imprisoned

AP | MICHAEL GRACZYK | Posted 03.08.2012

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SPLENDORA, Texas (Associated Press) -- Two children who were found living in a stench-filled abandoned school bus near Houston, its windows blocked an...

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Mother Of Kids Living In Bus Will Take Care Of Them After Jail Term, Husband Says

AP | MICHAEL GRACZYK | Posted 05.08.2012

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SPLENDORA, Texas — The abandoned school bus had no engine and no front wheels. But there were crude curtains in the windows, an air conditioner ...

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Texas Man Guilty Of Kidnapping, Torturing Woman For Two Weeks

AP | ANGELA K. BROWN | Posted 04.23.2012

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WEATHERFORD, Texas — A Texas man who abducted his former neighbor and tortured the woman while holding her captive for nearly two weeks was conv...

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Houston Toddler Found Unharmed In Abandoned SUV

AP | JUAN A. LOZANO | Posted 03.14.2012

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HOUSTON — Terron Henry was busily preparing food for his Jamaican restaurant Friday morning when his assistant told him an SUV was mysteriously ...

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Santa Gunman Was Jealous Of Wife's Success, Friend Says

Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Aziz Yazdanpanah Jealous of Wife, Video, Fatemeh-Rahmati, Texas Crime, Man Dressed as Santa Shoots Family, Grapevine Shooting, Aziz-Yazdanpanah-Shooting, Ali Rahmati, Grapevine-Texas, Man Dressed as Santa Shoots Relatives, Aziz Yazdanpanah, Crime News

The Texas man who allegedly dressed as Santa before killing six relatives on Christmas was jealous of his wife's success following their separation th...

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Christmas Massacre Victims ID'd: 'Santa' Shot Estranged Wife, Their Kids

Reuters | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Man Dressed as Santa, Azizolah Yazdanpanah, Video, Man Dressed as Santa Kills Family, Texas Crime, Mohamad Hossein Zarei, Reuters, Fatemeh Rahmati, Man Dressed as Santa Shoots Wife, Grapevine Texas, Crime News

(Recasts throughout with names of victims and suspected shooter) GRAPEVINE, Texas, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Police have identified the man the...

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14-Year-Old Shot In Basketball Class Loses Kidney

AP | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Nicholas Tijerina, Education News, Medical Miracles, Teen Crime, Texas Crime, High School Sports News, Teen Shot, Edson Amaro, Sports News, Video, High School News

McALLEN, Texas -- A 14-year-old Texas boy shot while trying out for his school basketball team lost a kidney but should recover to live a normal life,...

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