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  • 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 >>

  • News

    May 19, 2011

    Dealing with Child Porn

    Prosecutors talk about the evidence,

  • 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 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 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 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 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 8, 2011

    Bloods & Crips: Harris County Gets Its Permanent Injunction Against Them

    PLUS they're hit with attorney's fees!!​A judge has made permanent the temporary injunction she earlier granted against the Bloods and Crips gang, a first in Harris County. The civil injunction bars 47 gang members from an area around the Haverstock Hills apartment complex in northeast Harris ... 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 >>

  • 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 10, 2010

    Crips and Bloods: The Details On Harris County's Plan To Get An Injunction

    Where's your injunction?​It's time for the Bloods and Crips to lawyer up. Harris County is taking a bunch of gangsters to civil court. "This is a grand day in Harris County," DA Pat Lykos said this morning during a news conference. Lykos filed a public nuisance lawsuit today against 33 "known m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Bloods And Crips: Harris County Is Coming After You (With A Civil Injunction)

    Civil injunctions are coming​Lawyer up, all you Bloods and Crips on the northwest side. Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos will announce tomorrow the county's first civil injunction filed against a gang, targeting "members of the Blood and Crips gangs who have continually preyed upon t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    DWI: Getting Away With It Is Getting Tougher In Harris County

    Blood tests for drunk drivers will be the norm now that Harris County got a fat chunk of federal cash. ​Drinking and driving is serious business in Harris County, and to prove it, the District Attorney's office held a press conference this morning to promote some changes they've made. "A lot of dr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    FBI Now Criticizing Bank Robbers For Rudeness

    Rudy can't fail​We've had the local FBI criticize bank robbers for a lack of fashion sense; they've ripped robbers for being somewhat portly and sloppy, but now they're really appalled.Now the bank robbers are being rude."At approximately 10:15 a.m. [Wednesday], the man entered the Fiesta store an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    Unidentified Male, 42, Bayou Body Count No. 249

    Stabbed to death near the 527 overpass in Montrose​A man was stabbed to death Saturday night in Montrose after an argument, police say.The 42-year-old victim, whose identity is still being verified, had been arguing "with several unknown males" in the 200 block of West Alabama about 9 p.m. Saturda ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Carrie Kelly: Rare Child-Porn Indictment For A Woman

    Photo courtesy Brazoria County SOCarrie Kelly, indicted for child porn​Back in April we reported on the arrest of Carrie Kelly, who was alleged to have sent more than 100 pictures of underage kids ahving sex to a Florida man.It's rare for a woman to be arrested for child porn, a federal official t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    Unidentified Male, Bayou Body Count No. 238

    A stabbing death, but maybe no charges​A man was stabbed to death Sunday afternoon in a southwest side apartment, police say.The victim and another man were arguing in an apartment and the fight escalated into a stabbing about 1:20 p.m. in the 6400 block of Bankside, police say. The victim, whose ... More >>

  • News

    September 23, 2010

    Pinalcchio

    Renowned forensics experts say a Pinal County deputy's high-profile tale about getting shot after encountering drug smugglers doesn't add up

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2010

    Guy Robs Bank, Gets Away In Taxi -- In Houston(!)

    Photo courtesy FBITaxi!!​We've had bicycling bank robbers, banks robbers who waddled away, and now we've got a cool customer who takes a taxi.In Houston, where taxis are way down the list of transportation options, that's a nice twist.The perpetrator, described as "white male, 35-40, approximately ... More >>

  • Music

    September 2, 2010

    The American Heist

    Photo courtesy FBITaxi!!​We've had bicycling bank robbers, banks robbers who waddled away, and now we've got a cool customer who takes a taxi.In Houston, where taxis are way down the list of transportation options, that's a nice twist.The perpetrator, described as "white male, 35-40, approximately ... More >>

  • News

    August 26, 2010

    Asylum Denied

    Unlike refugees from other troubled countries, only a fraction of Mexicans seeking U.S. asylum are accepted – no matter how horrible their wounds or their stories.

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Justin Lewis: Katy Junior High Science Teacher Busted For Kiddy Porn

    There's been a Pedobear sighting in Katy.​A Katy seventh grade science teacher has been arrested for possessing and promoting child pornography, the FBI announced today. The cul-de-sac-land home of Justin Wallace Lewis, 40, was stormed yesterday by Houston cops. Lewis was in the county jail last ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Unidentified Male, Bayou Body Count No. 201

    Struggling out to the street​A man was found shot dead in the street on the northeast side of town this morning.The victim, whose name was not released pending notification of his family, was shot a little after midnight in the 6800 block of Henley, police said.Witnesses reported hearing several g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    You Think I'm A Bank Robber Just Because Of The Way I'm Dressed?

    Photo courtesy FBIOkay, yeah, I'm a bank robber​Some bank robbers act all natural, looking like everyone else as they wait their turn with the teller. Others just flaunt it.The guy who robbed a Prosperity Bank branch in the 8800 block of Westheimer yesterday was one of the latter. Or maybe he just ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Summertime Blues: MADD And Cops Gather To Threaten Drunk Drivers

    Photo by John Nova LomaxHave props, will travel​In what is now a time-honored pre-Labor Day Weekend/dog days of summer ritual, police and members of several anti-drunk driving advocacy groups gathered yesterday to stress what they claim is a multitude of alternative modes of transport for nocturn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Bank Robbery Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your Criminals?

    Few of today's bank robbers look like Johnny Depp​The FBI has just released its bank-robbery statistics for the first quarter of 2010. A total of 1,183 financial institutions were robbed in the first three months of the year.How well do you know your modern-day Pretty Boy Floyds?1. Which ethnic gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Cesar Manuel Cazares: Nabbed For A Stabbing Death 21 Years Later

    A 2009 kidnapping case breaks a 1989 murder​Score one for the cold-case squad at the Houston Police Department -- they've announced the arrest of a man suspected of stabbing a romantic rival to death 21 years ago.Cesar Manual Cazares, 42, is accused of killing Leonides Ponce, then 27, back i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    Lance Reyna: An Arrest, But No Hate-Crime Charges

    An easier prosecution without a hate crime angle, prosecutors say​Authorities have made an arrest in the assault of a gay-rights leader who was attacked on the central campus of Houston Community College, but no hate-crime charges will be filed.HCC student Terrance Calhoun, 22, was charged in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2010

    SugarHill Studios Burglarized Over The Weekend

    6:08 p.m.: Updated to include list of stolen gear. Chris GraySugarHill Studios in 2008​ Legendary Houston recording complex SugarHill Studios, subject of the recent book House of Hits by local historian Dr. Roger Wood and studio co-owner/engineer Andy Bradley, was burglarized over the weeken ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    William Gammon: Prosecutor's Not Happy The Accused Child Porn User's Out On Bond

    Even ICE agents were taken aback​William Gammon, the attorney who's pushed for aggressive homeowners' associations in court and in the legislature, is out on bond on charges of possessing a pornography stash described by an investigator as "one of the largest collections of extremely young c ... More >>

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