Harris County inmate released from jail by mistake: HCSO

The Harris County Sheriff's Office reports Troy Dugas was mistakenly released from jail on Sunday and anyone who spots him is asked to contact 911.

2 Utah officers killed, police dog injured

“They requested additional units. And then stopped answering their radio,” police said after two officers were killed responding to a disturbance.

After years of aliases, "Wedding Scammer" Carl John Butcho II finally charged

Authorities have arrested a man known as the "Wedding Scammer" on felony theft charges, alleging he defrauded more than a dozen couples out of over $200,000 in a wedding venue scheme.

Man with 20 Warrants arrested for street racing in Harris County

A man with 20 outstanding warrants was arrested by Constable Mark Herman's deputies after being caught street racing.

Double-crash scene leads to discovery of elderly man shot in the back of a vehicle

A Houston police officer was involved in a minor crash while responding to a separate incident, only to discover a man with a gunshot wound inside a vehicle at the same intersection.

Houston police search for suspect in gas station shooting

A 40-year-old man is expected to survive after a shooting at a gas station in northeast Houston on Saturday night.

Texas Mexican Mafia leader sentenced to 25 years in federal prison

A leader of the Texas Mexican Mafia gang was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison on Friday for his role in a methamphetamine-trafficking conspiracy.

Texas man sentenced to nearly 20 years for dealing meth

A Frio County man has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison for his role in a drug-trafficking organization that transported methamphetamine from Mexico into the United States.

North Houston: Two stabbed by former roommate, officials say
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Officials say the suspect came back to his former apartment on Red Oak Drive days after his now-former roommates evicted him.

12 people shot, 3 killed, inside Brooklyn nightclub; 4 suspects on the loose

Three people are dead, and nine others injured after police say several gunmen opened fire inside a nightclub in Brooklyn early Sunday morning.

$7.6M worth of meth smuggled in flower shipment seized at Texas border

U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized millions of dollars worth of drugs hidden in a shipment of roses headed from Mexico to Texas.

9 teens charged in deadly South Carolina shooting of 16-year-old

Police in South Carolina have charged nine Myrtle Beach-area teens, including his girlfriend and a romantic rival, in the murder.