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  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    Free Break-In And Giant Dump With Your Heights Car Repair

    Photo by Mandy OaklanderBobby Harting is sick of being burglarized and ignored.​Last week, Chris Lawless dropped his car off at Tech Auto Maintenance in the Heights for a repair. He stopped by the next day to find it fixed but picked clean of loose change, hundreds of CDs, and his limited-edit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    Kenneth Randle, Unluckiest Get-Away Driver Ever, Gets 11 Years Because His Pals Were A-Holes

    Kenneth Randle: See ya in 2022​A 23-year-old man who sat unarmed as the driver of a bank-robbery car has been sentenced to 11 years without parole mostly, it seems, because his colleagues were violent a-holes. During the $40,000 robbery last October, the three dudes he was working with physic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Kevin Quintanilla, 16, Bayou Body Count No. 111

    Dead at 16​A 17-year-old male was shot to death about 2 a.m. today in Gulfton, Houston police say. The victim, whose name has not been released, was shot in the chest outside an apartment complex in 5800 block of Glenmont. (Update: Police have identified him as Kevin Quintanilla.) He was tak ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Double Jeopardy and Roger Clemens: More Than Just a Bad Ashley Judd Movie

    Double Jeopardy: Not just a bad Ashley Judd movie.​The Roger Clemens perjury trial finally started last week. Then just as soon as it got started, it was over as an angry judge called a mistrial because of prosecutorial stupidity. There's been a lot of discussion on whether these hearings sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    David Aric Ladewig: Child Porn-Laden Laptop Doesn't Make It Through Customs At Bush

    Ladewig apparently didn't think feds wouldn't mind his massive child porn stash​David Aric Ladewig is an American citizen who lives and works in Cancun. On a return trip to the states, he brought along his laptop and an external hard drive. Which probably wasn't the brightest of ideas, becaus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Mehmood Ghaznavi, 52, Bayou Body Count No. 96

    Shootout in a northside jewelry store​A northside jewelry-store owner was shot and killed in a robbery attempt last night, Houston police say. Mehmood Ghaznavi, 52, was in his store, Java Gold, in the 5500 block of Yale about 8:15 last night when one or more males entered the store and attemp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    Family Sues to Get Attorney's Fees Back Because Their Lawyers Successfully Bribed the Judge

    A friendly handshake​A Texas family that successfully settled a wrongful-death suit for big bucks is suing to get back $5.7 million in attorney's fees and expenses because the lawyers used part of that money to bribe the judge. Whatever it takes, right? Be happy with your winnings, right? App ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Nathan Eugene Davis, 44, Bayou Body Count No. 80

    Cross-dresser found shot in head​A man reportedly dressed in women's clothing was found shot to death near an apartment complex Dumpster this morning, police say. The victim, whose identity has not been released, had been shot in the head and left in a complex in the 13300 block of Northborou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2011

    Unidentified Female, Bayou Body Count No. 77

    Found dead in a car​A woman was found shot to death in a car early this morning on the far southwest side of town, Houston police say. A man was walking his dog about 4 a.m. when he discovered the body in the 12200 block of Hodges and called 911. Police say the woman was shot at least twice. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    Alicia Saldana Gonzalez, 36, Bayou Body Count No. 73

    HPDJesus Gonzales: Charged with murder​An argument between a husband and wife ended when he stabbed her to death on the porch of their east side home Thursday night. The couple's three children were at home and might have witnessed the incident. Alicia Saldana Gonzalez, 36, was stabbed multip ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Unidentified Homeless Man, Bayou Body Count No. 71

    Found shot to death in the bayou​Houston homicide detectives are asking the public's help in identifying a homeless man whose body was found in Buffalo Bayou downtown Saturday morning. The man had apparently suffered gunshot wounds, HPD said. The body was found near the 700 block of Franklin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Unidentified Man in His 20s, Bayou Body Count No. 72

    Body found in a city park.​Police discovered the body of a man reportedly stabbed to death in a park near downtown this morning. The man, who has not been identified, was in his 20s, police say. KPRC reports the man was stabbed to death. The body was found about 4 a.m. today in Emancipation ... More >>

  • News

    May 19, 2011

    Dealing with Child Porn

    Prosecutors talk about the evidence,

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Frank Ulysses "Frenchfry" Tiller: Texas Man Arrested for 1999 Murder of 83-Year-Old Man in Six-Dollar Robbery

    "Frenchfry": Charged with killing an elderly man taking out the garbage​Two months ago, Illinois police used a fingerprint to arrest a man for the 1988 rape of a 12-year-old girl in Orange County, Texas. In another OC-related cold case, police in Orange County last week arrested Frank Ulysses ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Five Questions With Child Porn Prosecutors: Dealing With Stomach-Turning Evidence

    How do you handle the subject of child porn at a cocktail party?​Prosecuting those who produce or enjoy child pornography is a vitally important yet seemingly horrible job -- to do it, you must face looking at the evidence. In some cases it's "easy" -- some child-porn consumers are like baseb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Victor Ramirez, 43, Bayou Body Count No. 60

    HPDPedro Rodriguez: Wanted for murder.​A northwest side man shot his three neighbors in an argument and killed one of them on May 2, Houston police said. He was charged with murder over the weekend and is on the run. Victor Ramirez, 43, was shot and killed in front of his home in the 7500 blo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Hernan Guerra: Valley Police Chief Directed Everyone AWAY From The Weed Smugglers

    Pay no attention to those men smuggling weed​Being the chief of police in the Valley's Sullivan City is no doubt a prestigious position, but it does have its temptations. And former chief Hernan Guerra admitted to a federal judge that he gave in to them, working busily to make sure no one cau ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Courtney Bell, 28, Bayou Body Count No. 51

    Argument leads to stabbing death.​A man was stabbed to death in the driveway of his southeast side home Sunday night, Houston police say. Courtney Bell, 28, got in an argument with two men about 10:30 last night and ended up stabbed several times. He was taken to Ben Taub Hospital and pronoun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    George C. Denkowski: "Dr. Death Penalty" Won't Be Filling Up Death Row Anymore

    Death Row cases take another hit.​George C. Denkowski, the forensic psychologist who's been driving capital-murder defense lawyers crazy for years, is no longer allowed to send convicts to Death Row. Denkowski was reprimanded by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists and agreed n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Ronnie Earl Brewer, 47, Bayou Body Count No. 49

    Ronnie Earl Brewer: Off-duty constable found shot to death​A deputy constable was found shot to death in his car on the north side near the Eastex Freeway early this morning, Houston police say. Ronnie Earl Brewer, 47, had been a deputy constable in Precinct 4 for a decade; the car he was dri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    ACLU: When Facing Death, Lizards Are Treated More Humanely Than Humans

    Does Cleve Foster deserve a death at least as humane as that of a lizard? The ACLU thinks so.​The pets of those on death row would be treated more humanely than their owners, if the animals were sitting in the execution chamber instead of them. According to a report released by the American C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    Jim Andrew Lee, 58, Bayou Body Count No. 44

    HPDAntone Richie: Homeless and wanted by police​A homeless man has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of a security guard, police say. Antone Richie, 53, is still on the run. He is wanted for the murder of Jim Andrew Lee, 58. Lee was a security guard at an office building in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Worthing High Shooting -- the HISD Reaction

    HISD taking steps in wake of shooting​The Houston school district is not really commenting on last evening's gang-related fatal shooting at Worthing High School because "it is the focus of an HPD ongoing criminal investigation," spokesman Jason Spencer says. But it has issued a statement from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    Antonio Ortega Carranza, 56, Bayou Body Count No. 42

    Robbery leads to fatal shooting.​A westside man was shot and killed by two robbers Tuesday night, police say. Antonio Ortega Carranza, 56, and his wife had arrived home in the 1400 block of Murrayhill Drive about 9:20 p.m. "after closing their nearby taqueria stands," HPD says. They were con ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Divis Garcia Ordonez, Antonio Leon: Escaped to Honduras After West Bellfort Murders, HPD Says

    HPDDivis Ordonez: On the run.​Two men who have been charged with a pair of murders at a West Bellfort apartment complex this month are believed to have escaped to Honduras, Houston police say. Divis Garcia Ordonez, 24, and Antonio Leon, 21, who also goes by George Celaya, are each charged wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Lawsuit Filed Against Rodeo After Man Dies On Roller Coaster

    Photo by Jeff BalkeThe Hi-Miler claimed a life at the rodeo.​The death of 46-year-old Brian Greenhouse, who plummeted from the Hi-Miler roller coaster on closing night of the rodeo last Sunday, is the centerpiece of a lawsuit filed late yesterday in Harris County court. The wrongful death laws ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Conroe Man Gets 99 Years for 16th DWI

    Bottle blond, literally.​When a person gets a DWI, most assume it serves as a lesson that perhaps he should not drink and drive. A second DWI might suggest this person should consider counseling for an alcohol addiction. But, when a man gets 16 DWIs, that man goes to prison. Such is the case ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    Unidentified Males, Bayou Body Count No. 36 and 37

    Two men shot dead.​Two unidentified men were shot dead around 2 a.m. Sunday, March 20 at 6200 West Bellfort. Police report the victims were in the parking lot of an apartment complex waiting for the suspect to return a phone to him. The phone was found at a convenience story in the 11100 bloc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Cleveland Gang Rape Story: District Attorney Mike Little, Only One Authorized to Talk, Takes Week's Vacation from the Office

    Or something.​When Liberty County's District Attorney Mike Little gagged anyone involved in the Cleveland gang rape case -- in which an 11-year-old girl was allegedly raped brutally by multiple men and boys -- from talking, you'd think he'd hang around as the singular voice for his muted count ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Derrick Anthony Lopez: Gets Into a Restuarant Fight, Shoots 8-Year-Old Girl

    HPDDerrick Lopez: Drive-by shooting hits eight-year-old girl​A fight in a restaurant led to a drive-by shooting that left an eight-year-old girl critically injured, Houston police say. Derrick Anthony Lopez, 26, has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault with serious bodily injury ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Beverly Jean Parish, 42, and Curtis Llewellyn Wyatt, 46, Bayou Body Count Nos. 23 and 24

    Two killed, one injured in south side shooting​A man and a woman were found shot to death in a south side house Thursday morning, and a third victim escaped, police say. Beverly Jean Parish, 42, and Curtis Llewellyn Wyatt, 46 were found dead about 5 a.m. in a house in the 5600 block of Kenilw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Trickle-Down Economics: Bank Robber So Successful He's Hired Help

    Help wanted: Bank robbery is a growing field​Who says it's a tough job market? All it takes is a little success and employers will start hiring. Ask the dude who's wanted in at least seven local bank robberies since November. Let's put it this way: He's hiring. His latest escapade, at a Bank ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    HPD Officer Shot in North Side Gunfight

    A whole lot of police cars, sirens blaring, ripped through downtown a few minutes ago, apparently headed to the Medical Center, where a fellow officer was taken after being shot by an alleged drug dealer. Details are still coming in on all this, but media reports indicate at the moment that a narco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Unidentified Male, Bayou Body Count No. 18

    Dead for days?​A man was found stabbed to death in an Ella Boulevard apartment this morning, and reports indicate a) the woman he was living with said she had done it, and b) she then left the body in the apartment for days. Police were called to an apartment in the 2100 block of Ella Bouleva ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Justin Michael Lee: Texas Revokes His Pediatric-Anesthesiology License Over Child-Porn Ring

    Justin Michael Lee's license revoked​The Texas Medical Board has revoked the license of a pediatric anesthesiologist who pleaded guilty to involvement in an online child porn file-sharing site. Justin Michael Lee, who had been practicing most recently in Phoenix, pleaded guilty to "tran ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    The United States of Murder: A Map

    Illustration by Monica FuentesClick here for larger version and more info​Serial killers and famous murderers have existed almost as long as mankind, we're sure. But as in so many things, the United States may just have perfected the thing. Each state has its own infamous episode, some very w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    Auto Theft: 10 Best Houston Neighborhoods To Get Your Ride Stolen

    ​Houston can be a tough place to live without a car. So getting it stolen is a real bummer. And here are the 10 places where it's most likely to happen. We're not saying you need to avoid them, just be careful. The stats are from December, and as always, HPD cautions against comparing raw be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    Christopher Clark Pollett: Kids' Nonprofit Worker Charged with Child Porn (Updated)

    Christopher Pollett, indicted for distributing child porn​A man who works for a nonprofit organization "dedicated to after-school programs and community development" has been indicted on child pornography charges, the U.S. Attorney's office announced today. Christopher Clark Pollett, 62, was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Jonathan Barnes & Pals: How to Spend Those Ill-Gotten Gains? Buy Frank Sinatra's 1957 Caddy

    The first time Frank Sinatra's name has been associated with criminal activity​The U.S. Attorney's office today announced the indictment of three oil traders accused of running an $80 million scam against LyondellBasell, and the most entertaining part was what the trio spent their alleged ill- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Ten Houston Neighborhoods: The Crimes They Experience

    Paging McGruff the Crime Dog​We've been plotting which neighborhoods in Houston lead in certain crime categories, but doing that doesn't really get you to the more well-known parts of town. So we decided to zero in on a few specific neighborhoods and see what crime's been going down in them. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Unidentified Male, 24, Bayou Body Count No. 1

    A stabbing death kicks off 2011​A man came home to his southwest side apartment and discovered his roommate had been stabbed to death, police say. The name of the victim, 24, has not been released pending notification of family members. His roommate returned to their apartment in the 9400 bl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Saturnino Aguerta, 57, Bayou Body Count No. 302

    Shot to death in a robbery​A man was killed during the robbery of a southwest side gas station Friday evening. Houston police say Saturnino Aguerta, 57, was leaving a Conoco gas station/convenience store about 6:30 Friday evening when three men entered with ski masks. They robbed and shot him ... More >>

  • News

    December 30, 2010

    Prison Pays

    Despite a history of abuse and bad conditions, private prison corporation GEO keeps getting contracts from the state.

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    The Death Penalty Is Totally Passe These Days, Group Finds

    She ain't getting as much use as she's used to​Harris County, you used to be cool. You sent more people to Death Row than most countries. And were damn proud of it, too. Now, the death penalty is a forgotten memory of another time, the go-go `80s and `90s when brash prosecutors racked up exec ... More >>

  • News

    December 16, 2010

    Cloaked Brutality

    The feds bury border patrol abuses of immigrants, but what’s been unearthed reveals a culture of cruelty.

  • News

    December 9, 2010

    Montrose Murder

    Paul Broussard's killer, up for parole, may not be model prisoner.

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Worse Week? The Texans Or This Dude Who Got THREE DWI's

    There are bad weeks and really bad weeks​As part of my radio job, I speak for a handful of sponsors. When identifying products or services for me to endorse, the sales staff at our station starts with the question "Is this something Sean would use?" Naturally, my suite of endorsees is heavy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    A&M Cadets Get Four Years Probation in Assault

    The case of Zach Corcoran and the Corps of Cadets finally comes to an end. ​The long and strange saga of Zach Corcoran and the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets came to a close today when Edward Helle and Steven Ramirez, the two cadets who beat up Corcoran, pled guilty to assault charges in a Brazos C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    Unidentified Male, Bayou Body Count No. 276

    Shot in the chest​Houston Police are investigating a fatal shooting by three unknown suspects who kicked in the door of a residence Sunday morning. The unknown victim, a man in his 30's, was shot in the chest as the suspect fled the scene. He was taken to Ben Taub General Hospital where he wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    Willie D Gets A Year And A Day In Federal Pen For Wire Fraud

    ​Former Geto Boy Willie D, aka William Dennis, has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison on wire fraud charges, the U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern District of Texas announced today. Judge Gray Miller also ordered Willie D to pay nearly $200,000 in restitution to the buy ... More >>

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