Crime and Public Safety

An American diplomat assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Yangon, the biggest city in Myanmar, was found dead with police investigating the death as a possible homicide.

Daniel Ceron has been arrested for the death of Persia Amarra Conway.

A former owner of Turkey Leg Hut has admitted to hiring arsonists to burn down a bar six years ago, according to federal prosecutors.

U.S. Border Patrol agents in south Texas have arrested a Cuban citizen with a history of child sex offense convictions who has been deported from the United States twice before, federal authorities announced.

Nathan Scott Velez, the coach of a youth softball team, was arrested in Harris County for online solicitation of a minor.

Houston police are investigating reports of a body found in northeast Houston on Thursday morning.

A federal jury has convicted the former city manager of Anson, Texas, of attempting to entice a minor for sex following an undercover law enforcement sting, federal prosecutors announced.

Houston man Cristian Morris, 23, receives a 384-month federal prison sentence for trafficking teenage girls between illicit hubs in Houston and Dallas.

Vance Boelter pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to charges stemming from the fatal shootings of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, and the shootings that injured Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette Hoffman.

A 71-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison without parole after a Bexar County jury found him guilty of abusing multiple children, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office announced.

An 18-year-old is on life support after being stabbed in the temple during a fight over a boy in northwest Houston, according to Houston police.

A woman is in custody after allegedly driving a vehicle intoxicated and crashing, killing her common law husband, Harris County officials said.

A suspect has been charged in connection with a deadly shooting that occurred in Harris County on Tuesday, authorities said.

Houston police have announced an arrest in connection with a deadly 2024 shooting at a northeast Houston ‘makeshift club’.

A Virginia police department is warning drivers about a new way scammers are trying to rip off people when they fill their tanks: the gas pump screw scam.

Federal court documents show Vance Boelter intends to change his plea after initially pleading not guilty.

Investigators with the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) have renewed their calls for the public’s help to identify a woman who was found dead more than 30 years ago.

An anonymous former child actor has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against Sean "Diddy" Combs alleging sexual assault in 2007, while also suing his talent agencies for negligence.

A mother and her 17-year-old son died after a shooting at a home in southeast Harris County on Monday morning, authorities say.