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Criminal Assault

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Christie Loraine Marshall: Tries to Run Man Off Road While Both Have Kids in Their Cars

    If you're so pissed about a dude that you follow him in a car, try to run him off the road and ram him when he stops, remember one thing: Take your kid along for the ride. That's what Christie Loraine Marshall, 32, did, according to cops and the Galveston County Daily News. They say Marshall got i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    HPD Officer Miles Dumas Flashed Bar Patrons, Beat Some Up, Cops Say

    A Houston cop has been accused of flashing patrons of a Galveston bar and then getting in a tussle with some of them. Miles Stedman Dumas, 24, has been charged with indecent exposure and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and been relieved of duty pending an investigation, the Galveston County ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    Garrick "Joker" Hastings: Ties Up Hooker, Beats Her, Sets Her on Fire

    Sheriff's deputies have arrested a man who told friends he had beaten and burned a prostitute for ripping him off. Garrick "Joker" Hastings said the woman had robbed him of $6,000, so he had her kidnapped and taken to a Channelview trailer where he beat "the prostitute with a metal rod, tied her up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Victoria Garrick, Multi-Tasker: Stabs Boyfriend While Driving

    Women, amirite? You're driving down the highway and look over and there's some dame doing 70 mph while putting on her makeup. Or stabbing someone. Victoria Garrick, 21, faces aggravated assault charges for an incident yesterday morning on the Gulf Freeway. She was driving a Kia Spectra with her t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    Crystal Sugars: Not As Sweet As She Sounds, Allegedly

    Sure and begorra it sounds like it was quite the St Paddy's Day donnybrook for Crystal Angel Sugars. Police say in court documents that the 38-year-old Humble woman slugged two men, one of whom was both her business partner in a bar and also her boyfriend, thus netting misdemeanor charges of assau ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Trinity, Texas: Home of the Best Mugshots in the Lone Star State

    Here at Hair Balls Crime Central, we gaze upon many a mugshot in our daily routine. After looking at thousands from dozens and dozens of jurisdictions, we can say beyond a shadow of a doubt than none are consistently as wonderful as those made by the police in Trinity, Texas. The people behind the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Damesha Traylor: Rare Woman on DPS Most Wanted List Is 5-4, 270 Pounds with a "Sexy D" Tattoo

    It's been more than ten years since a woman has made the Texas Department of Safety's Ten Most Wanted List, but we don't think anyone is going to tell Damesha Roshun Traylor she doesn't deserve the honor. Traylor is a 5-4, 270-pound ball of "Sexy D," according to one of her tattoos. (The other says ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Billie Ray Anspach: Mugshot Hall of Famer Jailed After Allegedly Threatening Six People with Knife

    A Copperas Caveman Cove man is behind bars after police there say he threatened four family members and two friends with a knife during a Sunday morning disturbance. Police responded to a call about a fight at a ranch house on the outskirts of town, and there found the six victims waiting for them ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Eric Dowlen: Cops Say He Assaulted Two Dudes With Pit Bull

    FacebookEric Dowlen: A boy and his pit.​Nassau Bay cops say a man assaulted two neighbors with a deadly weapon -- namely, his pit bull terrier. According to a criminal complaint and published reports, 33-year-old Eric James Dowlen sicced the pit on a 21-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    Kimberley Briggs: Police Say She Beat Sister at Mom's Funeral in Fight over Heirloom Jewels

    Even in the best of times, the holidays can be a time of extreme stress. Add in the death of a parent, and you have the proverbial tinderbox of flammable emotions. One such firestorm came to a head yesterday in Kilgore, where local police say two sisters got into a catfight at their mother's funera ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Raymond Lee Mazon: Shoots Three Outside A Midtown Club

    Photo by HPDRaymond Mazon: Shooting pedestrians in Midtown​Houston police arrested Raymond Lee Mazon, 26 after they say he opened fire on three people after getting kicked out of a Midtown club early Sunday morning. Police say Mazon was ordered to leave Link Lounge at 2901 Fannin and walked a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    Arthur Davis Brown, Speeding Down Highway, to 911: No, My Wife's Not in the Car, She's on the Car

    The crazy world of Arthur Brown.​Arthur Brown was living in Houston with his wife when they ran into some domestic trouble, so he took their kid and moved back to his home in Diboll. She followed, with her father, and they confronted him. Things happened, leading to this classic 911 exchange ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Ex-Hand Doctor Michael Brown's Assault Trial Begins Monday

    Michael Brown: TV ad star is in the dock​Ex-hand surgeon and international dildo transporter Michael Brown is set to stand trial in Harris County District Court September 12 on a felony assault charge involving his wife, Rachel. Brown was indicted in January for an August 2010 incident in whi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Alleged White Supremacists Beat Black Man, But DA Doesn't File Hate Crime Charge

    FacebookCharles Cannon won't face hate-crime charges.​In a crime that hearkened back to the skinhead days of the early '90s, or modern-day Dallas, four white men remain behind bars today charged with assaulting a black man at a downtown bus stop early Sunday morning. Police want the incident c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    Reece Daniel Gonzales, 24, Bayou Body Count No. 117

    Either stabbed or shot to death.​A man was killed in southeast Houston early Sunday morning, and his assailant is on the run. Reece Daniel Gonzales, 24, was attacked in an apartment in the 8400 block of Winkler, Houston police say. He stumbled out of the place trying to escape; he was taken t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Austin Men Jailed After Skateboard-Whipping Photographer for Mohawk Shot

    This guy's hair is impervious to photography.​You'd think Johnathan Washburn would dig it when strangers snapped his picture. After all, his unusual triple-Mohawk hairstyle seems like little more than a 24-7 "look-at-me" adornment, or possibly even a cry for help. According to this American-S ... 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 18, 2011

    Gregory Longoria Jr.: Allegedly One Sick, Sadistic Mother-Effer

    Harris County SOGregory Longoria, alleged torturer​If the allegations contained in court papers are true, then Gregory Longoria Jr. is a very sick dude. Documents show he's been accused of sexually abusing his estranged wife by -- and this is only part of what he's alleged to have done -- usi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Christopher Matthews: One Punch From Angry Husband Kills Popular Coach

    HPDRonald Newman, charged with aggravated assault with serious bodily injury​Christopher Matthews, a popular girls' soccer coach in Spring Branch, was walking outside the LosTios restaurant on the far west side with a woman about 11 p.m. Friday. The woman's husband, Ronald Lee Newman, 51, saw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    Chase Langston Wiatt: Facebook Chronicles a Year of Alleged Petty (And Not-So-Petty) Crime

    Chase Wiatt: Letting it all out on FB​Chase Langston Wiatt has had quite a run, but with his latest felony arrest, the 19-year-old Crosby resident's luck might just have run out. For the second time since June of 2009, Wiatt stands accused of assaulting someone with his car, and you would th ... 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 >>

  • News

    December 23, 2010

    Juggalo Hijinks

    A Facebook crime spree.

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    Jason Merksamer: Houston Juggalo And Accused Robber Is Facebook Moron Of The Week

    Jason Merksamer tells all on Facebook​It goes without saying that it's not a good idea to commit another violent felony -- specifically, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon -- while you are already on probation for a violent crime. And you would think it would also be inadvisable to broa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 9, 2010

    Marwencol

    Jason Merksamer tells all on Facebook​It goes without saying that it's not a good idea to commit another violent felony -- specifically, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon -- while you are already on probation for a violent crime. And you would think it would also be inadvisable to broa ... 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

    June 8, 2010

    Dennis Traylor, 44, Bayou Body Count No. 145

    Stabbed by his nephew's friend​Charges have been filed in the case of a man stabbed on the south side on May 8, who lingered in the hospital before dying. Yvonne Coleman, 35, is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the fatal stabbing of Dennis Traylor, 44. Traylor was stabbed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    Crystal Lynn Johnson: College Station Woman's Mayhem Does First Name Proud

    Photos courtesy Brazos County SheriffAnother dangerous Crystal​Some time back we put forth the hypothesis that Crystal was the female equivalent of "Wayne" - the male criminal's favorite name.And as with Wayne-related mayhem, it's not just the quantity of Crystal-line mayhem, it's the quality. O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    Michelle Thomas: Scissors-Wielding East Texas Woman Strikes Blow For Horny, Disappointed Women

    Photo courtesy Angelina CountyYou better bring it strong if you're bedding Michelle Thomas​To look at the mugshot of 26-year-old Michelle Thomas, you might not think you were seeing someone who was facing a possible two- to 20-year prison sentence for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.Nope. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    A Jury Of Billy Joe Shaver's Peers

    Jury selection began this morning in the aggravated assault trial of country legend Billy Joe Shaver, who was charged after he shot a man in the face outside of a Lorena bar in 2007. Shaver's attorney, Dick DeGuerin, maintains Shaver shot Billy Bryant Coker in self-defense. All Hair Balls knows is, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Baseball Player Formally Charged With Assaulting Woodlands Man

    Lance Broadway​Two minor-league baseball players charged with assaulting a Woodlands man at a Dallas club on New Year's Eve turned themselves into authorities February 19, and quickly bonded out.Lance Broadway, a minor-league pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization, and pal Cameron McGuire, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    If -- If -- Pastor Dixon Assaulted His Wife, It Was Somewhat Foretold

    ​We told you earlier today about prominent pastor James Dixon being charged with assault his wife after an incident in which police reports say he "threw her to the ground."The media reports caught the eye of longtime Metro critic Tom Bazan, who immediately thought of his own run-in with Dixon, wh ... More >>

  • News

    January 14, 2010

    A&M Assault Case and Abortion Super Center?

    Highlights from the Blog at HOUSTONPRESS.COM

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    The Aggie Assault Case Gets A Trial Date, Somewhat To The Surprise Of the Victim's Family

    ​A judge in Brazos County set a date -- June 21, 2010 -- for trial in the case of a Texas A&M student who was allegedly assaulted by two members of the Corps of Cadets, an incident the Houston Press wrote about in a January 2008 cover story, "Rotten to the Corps." The court date might not seem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2010

    Uvaldo Gallardo, 18: Bayou Body Count Victim Number 1 For 2010

    courtesy of HPDLeandro Lozano-Jiminez​Suspected New Year's Day killer Leandro Lozano-Jiminez is on the loose, and Houston police say he's armed and dangerous.It was only 56 minutes into 2010 when Lozano-Jiminez, 20, started arguing with Uvaldo Gallardo, 18, and his brother, Hugo Gallardo, 25, at 9 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    Yuletide Mayhem Round-Up: Bank Robbing Santas, Spouse-Throttling 'Round The Xmas Tree, And Wal-Mart Parking Lot Catfights

    ​'Twas the season to be jolly. Too bad these people didn't get the memo...First, there's this 60-year-old Missouri City woman who was charged with assault after a fight over a parking spot outside a Fort Bend County Wal-Mart. Fort Bend Now picks up the tale... According to reports, the victim was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    BARC's Alleged Dog-Puncher Is Out Of A Job

    Murray Bailey, the BARC kennel attendant accused of punching a puppy in the head in June, is no longer working at the facility, Health and Human Services Spokeswoman Kathy Barton tells Hair Balls. We're waiting to hear if there's an official explanation, but Barton said Bailey was still on his proba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    Yet Another Twisted Tale From BARC

    Photo by bf_photos​When BARC volunteer Nela Brown accused a kennel attendant with a long criminal history of punching a puppy June 9, she assumed the matter would be investigated and the man would be dealt with accordingly.  After all, when another volunteer, Shelby Kibode ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    The Sleaziness Of The Door-To-Door Magazine-Subscriptions Industry Continues

    On March 30, Grand Prairie police say, a magazine subscription salesman knocked on the door of a 78-year-old woman, raped her, poured rubbing alcohol on her chest, and set her on fire. The question right now is not "How did this happen?" but "When and where will it happen again?" Police quickly arre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    Breaking: Bellaire Cop Who Shot Tolan Is Indicted

    A grand jury has indicted the Bellaire cop who shot Robert Tolan, the son of baseball player Bobby Tolan, in his driveway last year.Sgt. Jeffrey Cotton was indicted on a charge of Aggravated Assault by a Public Servant, a first-degree felony whose conviction carries a punishment of not less than fiv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2008

    Mutiny On The Iberville: The Most Thrilling Legal Opinion Of The Year

    A grand jury has indicted the Bellaire cop who shot Robert Tolan, the son of baseball player Bobby Tolan, in his driveway last year.Sgt. Jeffrey Cotton was indicted on a charge of Aggravated Assault by a Public Servant, a first-degree felony whose conviction carries a punishment of not less than fiv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2008

    Alleged Aggie Assaulter Allegedly Assaults Again

    A grand jury has indicted the Bellaire cop who shot Robert Tolan, the son of baseball player Bobby Tolan, in his driveway last year.Sgt. Jeffrey Cotton was indicted on a charge of Aggravated Assault by a Public Servant, a first-degree felony whose conviction carries a punishment of not less than fiv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2008

    Man Allegedly Beaten by Jailor and Denied Tape of Incident

    A grand jury has indicted the Bellaire cop who shot Robert Tolan, the son of baseball player Bobby Tolan, in his driveway last year.Sgt. Jeffrey Cotton was indicted on a charge of Aggravated Assault by a Public Servant, a first-degree felony whose conviction carries a punishment of not less than fiv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2008

    Indictments In A&M Assault Case

    A grand jury has indicted the Bellaire cop who shot Robert Tolan, the son of baseball player Bobby Tolan, in his driveway last year.Sgt. Jeffrey Cotton was indicted on a charge of Aggravated Assault by a Public Servant, a first-degree felony whose conviction carries a punishment of not less than fiv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2008

    DA to Tackle Family Violence

    A grand jury has indicted the Bellaire cop who shot Robert Tolan, the son of baseball player Bobby Tolan, in his driveway last year.Sgt. Jeffrey Cotton was indicted on a charge of Aggravated Assault by a Public Servant, a first-degree felony whose conviction carries a punishment of not less than fiv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 10, 2008

    Prosecutors Dismiss Assault Charges in J Prince Gym Beating Case

    A grand jury has indicted the Bellaire cop who shot Robert Tolan, the son of baseball player Bobby Tolan, in his driveway last year.Sgt. Jeffrey Cotton was indicted on a charge of Aggravated Assault by a Public Servant, a first-degree felony whose conviction carries a punishment of not less than fiv ... More >>

  • Music

    August 2, 2007

    They Fought the Law

    In Rap, You're Nothing Without a Sheet

  • News

    July 6, 2006

    Bad Checks

    Sure you can ferret out the slimeballs in our midst? Guess again if you're relying on standard background searches in Texas

  • News

    June 10, 2004

    Love Hurts

    Locked in a labyrinth of codependency, Lolly and Roger spend their days warily together

  • News

    February 7, 2002

    Oh, Oh, Donna...

    As his ex and Fort Bend cops find out, don't let this guy take out the trash

  • News

    October 12, 2000

    Unnecessary Roughness

    Inmate Mark Knox claims Texas prison guards brutalized him. The ACLU fears that in an expanding and unwieldy TDCJ system Knox is far from alone.

  • More >>
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