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  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Kaleem Stephens: Tells Undercover Cop of Plans to Rob Armored Car with "Bin Laden-Style Gun"

    Kaleem Stephens and his colleagues had big plans. They were going to knock over an armored car, with the help of some employees on the inside. The take would be about $250,000. The plans included Stephens using what he called "a Bin Laden-style gun" on the driver which, evidence showed, apparently ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Pawn Stars: Thieves Nab Hundreds of Guns in String of Robberies

    When I watched the full video seen in the screen capture image above, I thought two things. First, I thought, "Wow, that is a brazen commission of an alleged crime I am witnessing on the Internet. How...brazen!" Secondly, I thought, "Every cop show on television lies to me!" Because, look at that im ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Veteran Cop Harry Leroy Kelley Sentenced For Selling Hollow-Point Bullets and Other Police Gun Gear

    Cop Harry Kelley was the man to see for illegal arms and ammunition, feds say.​A Kingwood man who was a veteran Liberty County police officer was sentenced to a year in federal prison for illegally buying and selling police guns and ammunition, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Beaumont announced. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Synaca Thomas and Brittany Jordan: Couple Take $5 Bills and Turn Them into a Half-Million Worth of $100 Bills

    Could that be a $5 bill?​A husband-wife team has been indicted for counterfeiting after allegedly spending up to $500,000 in fake $100 bills that started out as $5 bills. Synaca Thomas, 34, and his wife Brittany Jordan, 25, of Cypress, passed the bills at Houston-area businesses for two years ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Kathe Nacey: Granny Threatens to Blow Up Every Wells Fargo in the U.S. Over ATM Snafu

    MCSOKathleen Nacey got bomb-level mad.​The older we get, the more we start to sympathize with people like Kathe Nacey. On Saturday, Willis cops were told that the 62-year-old had just stormed into a Wells Fargo bank in a rage. Apparently, Nacey's ATM card was not working at the Pulse machine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Camera Catches Arsonist Red-Handed

    HFDThe arsonist in his element.​Houston Fire Department investigators are still trying to catch a serial arsonist in southwest Houston, and right now they're pinning their hopes on some grainy security-cam footage. Fire Marshall Richard Galvan tells Hair Balls the investigation is a high pri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    ATF, Military Called Out To Defuse East Texas Sparkler Bomb

    San Augustine County JailHeather Horn: Desperate terrorist​Two young East Texas women -- 25-year-old Candice Harris and 29-year-old Heather Horn, both of Bronson, Texas -- are charged with felonies after authorities caught them earlier this week with what they are branding as dangerous incendi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Concealed Handgun Licenses: Finally, Texans Can Apply Online

     Nothing can go wrong with th -- d'oh!​It's about damn time: Applicants for Texas concealed handgun licenses who want to apply through the mail can now go on the DPS website to download the application forms instead of waiting to receive the application packet in the mail. Applicants also ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    (Allegedly) Kinky ATF Agent Gets In Big Trouble In Big Easy

    ​What began as a routine investigation of a malfunctioning fire-alarm system at a suburban New Orleans Residence Inn ended with police discovering a scene worthy of Quentin Tarantino and Dennis Hopper at their most depraved and the arrest of 44-year-old Russell Vanderwerf, a Houston-based agen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Hmmmm....The Gallery Furniture Fire Arrest Seems Awfully Solid

    Photo courtesy HCSORobert Gillham​All you Mattress Mack conspiracy-theorists who were speculating he might have had the big fire at his warehouse set himself can relax -- a suspect has been arrested. Robert Gillham, 66, had been fired by Gallery Furniture and was pissed.Or can you relax? From the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2008

    Friends Don't Let Friends Buy Guns For Friends

    Photo courtesy HCSORobert Gillham​All you Mattress Mack conspiracy-theorists who were speculating he might have had the big fire at his warehouse set himself can relax -- a suspect has been arrested. Robert Gillham, 66, had been fired by Gallery Furniture and was pissed.Or can you relax? From the ... More >>

  • News

    January 17, 2008

    Back from Iraq with Plenty of Problems

    Paul Miles returned from Iraq needing help with the death in his head. He got prison.

  • News

    March 31, 2005

    Uncivil Action

    No one's responsible for a body-parts debacle

  • News

    February 17, 2005

    Three Days Too Many

    First, a botched robbery case. Now, a botched punishment for the HPD cop involved.

  • News

    December 30, 2004

    Books and Bullets

    A gun shop and a school make great neighbors

  • News

    August 26, 2004

    Truth and Consequences

    Sometimes in the game of cops and robbers, telling your story is no defense

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    Letters

    Off the "X", Beaching Out, The Low Down

  • News

    March 2, 2000

    This Bud's for John

    John McCain's family

  • News

    February 17, 2000

    Gang of One

    Critics say cops and prosecutors are too quick to label some minorities as gangsters

  • News

    July 15, 1999

    The Outcasts

    After the Littleton massacre, Brazosport High cracked down on its own "freaks" which only left them more alienated

  • News

    July 15, 1999

    Conspiracy Theory

    Arms dealer-turned-gadfly Al Johnson thinks everyone's out to get him. He's right

  • News

    May 14, 1998

    Numbers Man

    The interim U.S. attorney is hustling small-time cases through the courts

  • News

    April 9, 1998

    The Hotel Six Joker Turns Wild

    A chance encounter and a federal feud endanger the sting

  • News

    September 14, 1995

    Pray

    In a small town south of Houston, they say school prayer is a matter of religious freedom. But even in Santa Fe, freedom for one student can be tyranny for another.

  • News

    June 22, 1995

    God, Guns & Kombucha

    Is Steve Stockman a committed crackpot, or just a hapless goofball?

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