Crime and Public Safety

Former Sweeny Fire Chief Timothy Webb and a volunteer firefighter face over a dozen felony charges involving child victims aged 9 to 15. Sweeny Police Chief Brad Caudle says the investigation into the "heinous" allegations has shaken the community's trust in first responders as the elder Timothy Webb returns to lead the department.

An off-duty Harris County deputy was accidentally shot by his 3-year-old nephew at a home near Spring on Tuesday morning, authorities say.

A sergeant with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office is accused of sending obscene material of himself to an undercover detective whom he believed to be a 13-year-old child. He has now been relieved of duty.

Authorities in upstate South Carolina have arrested the 19-year-old grandson of a retired couple found slain in their home earlier this month, charging him with two counts of murder in a case that has shaken a small rural community.

Two suspects have been charged with capital murder in the deadly shooting of a 72-year-old woman at her home in Houston’s Kashmere Gardens neighborhood on Monday.

Officer Alexandria Cano-Castro is in critical condition after being shot in the head; the suspect is in custody and expected to survive.

Charges have been dismissed against a former Klein ISD teacher who was accused of recruiting students for prostitution to help her son.

A West Virginia librarian has been charged after she allegedly posted videos seeking to recruit assassins targeting President Donald Trump.

The former Sweeny Fire Department Chief has been indicted on multiple sexual assault-related charges involving children.

Seven years ago, a 29-year-old woman was pronounced dead after being gunned down while setting up a garage sale at her Tomball area home.

An animal cruelty investigation is underway after a puppy was found inside a metal trunk in Channelview, authorities said.

An investigation is underway after two people were found dead under a bridge in Houston, according to authorities.

Federal prosecutors in Nebraska charged 87 individuals linked to the Tren de Aragua gang for a multimillion-dollar ATM "jackpotting" malware conspiracy.

An animal cruelty investigation is underway in Harris County after three dogs were found malnourished and another was found dead at a home in southeast Houston.

An elderly woman was killed and two home invasion suspects were injured in a shootout at a home in Houston’s Kashmere Gardens neighborhood early Monday morning, police say.

ICE continues its operations in Minnesota a day after a federal agent fatally shot a second person in Minneapolis. Find live updates on protests, press conferences and operations in the state here.