Crime and Public Safety

The former Illinois sheriff's deputy charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey had been employed by a half-dozen police agencies since 2020, according to state law enforcement records.

According to court documents obtained by FOX 26, they state that Franklin Jose Pena Ramos and Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel are pointing the finger at each other over Jocelyn's murder.

A woman using a public restroom in Houston discovered an arm and phone reaching under the bathroom stall door, catching a man trying to record her.

The Houston Police Department is looking for a man charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon following a shooting on March 24.

A spool is blocking two lanes of I-10 at Wayside Drive after a truck lost its load, according to Houston Transtar.

Family members of one teen killed in the Houston-area past week say they are devastated by what happened.

Illinois officials have released video of police entering the home of a woman who called 911 for help and the violent scene that ensued when a sheriff's deputy shot her in the face.

A man arrested for the murder of John Dennis Holmes III has been released from jail after new evidence provided him with an alibi, according to Montgomery County authorities.

A Chinese national has been charged with orchestrating the largest fentanyl precursor smuggling operation in the Southern District of Texas history, shipping over 2,000 kilograms of chemicals used to produce the deadly synthetic opioid.

Republicans and Democrats came together on Capitol Hill Monday morning, calling on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign. 

Houston police are searching for a Hispanic man in connection with the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old boy in northwest Houston on Saturday.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a driver was shot to death on the Eastex Freeway feeder road at Lauder Road on Monday morning.

A newborn baby boy was found abandoned near a dumpster in southwest Houston on Sunday.

A woman was found shot in the parking lot of a school on Carver in Houston.

Two people were shot during a pool party early Monday morning in the 10900 block of Meadowglen in Houston’s Westchase neighborhood.

The Houston Police Department (HPD) is investigating a homicide after a man in his mid-20s was found shot dead in a storage closet.