Crime and Public Safety

The man who made national headlines after becoming the first known defendant charged with killing a police officer to receive bond in Harris County is back behind bars.

After three recent shootings at popular shopping destinations across the Houston area, many people are asking the same question: How can I better protect myself in public?

A jury has delivered its sentence after a man was found guilty of killing a Harris County deputy constable and her child back in 2024.

Two North Texas men have been sentenced to over 11 years in federal prison for operating a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed thousands of fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills across the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

A man was airlifted after he was struck in the head by a sledgehammer on Monday in Burleson County.

A Florida couple accused of claiming their missing infant never existed has been arrested in North Carolina after a yearlong investigation.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says agents at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston seized nearly 20,000 counterfeit FIFA World Cup 2026 merchandise.

The parents of Thy Mitchell have filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Harris County alleging Matthew Mitchell planned to murder his family, according to court records.

Human remains found in 2020 have been identified as a Houston-area teen who had been missing for six years after being a victim of human trafficking, according to Attorney General Ken Paxton's Office.

Deerbrook Mall officials are reviewing security measures following a recent shooting inside the mall, while also pushing back against claims that the incident was connected to a teen takeover.

In a ruling on Monday, Federal Judge Keith P. Ellison ruled Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego, who was also a witness in the deadly shooting, must be released from DHS custody within the next 48 hours.

An Amber Alert has been discontinued for a Houston-area boy who was last seen a week ago.

A Los Angeles judge ruled that singer David Burke, known as D4vd, will stand trial for first-degree murder in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.

Texas and Discord have agreed to a temporary injunction requiring the platform to roll out its UK-standard age verification and teen safety features to Texas users within 90 days as a state lawsuit against the company proceeds toward a 2027 trial.

A husband and wife are in custody after a man's body wrapped in plastic was found inside a San Antonio-area home Sunday evening.

TikTok influencer Sara Gilson, also known as Sara Duffey, posted weeks ago alleging that her husband was a pedophile. The estranged couple has since been found shot to death in the woman's Oklahoma home in what is reportedly believed to have been a murder-suicide.

The Rice University Police Department has issued a Be On the Lookout (BOLO) alert for a Jordanian athlete who went missing while attending the Genuine Cup, an international soccer tournament for athletes with disabilities at Rice University.

It's been nearly six months since Nancy Guthrie vanished from her southern Arizona home and on Monday, her daughter, “Today" show host Savannah Guthrie, posted a new video to social media, pleading for her mother's alleged kidnappers to "do the right thing" and "bring the situation to an end."

Two people have been arrested in connection with what police described as an animal hoarding case in Alvarado.