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Donna Hawkins

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    January 20, 2011

    Abraham Joseph: HPD Cop Indicted on Multiple Sexual-Assault Charges

    Photo via Channel 39Abraham Joseph: HPD cop accused​A Houston cop has been indicted for two alleged sexual assaults, the DA's office has announced. DA Patricia Lykos says the two incidents occurred earlier this month, but did not offer more details. Joseph has been relieved of duty, she sai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    Randy Jones: Throws Five Puppies Off Balcony, Killing Two (UPDATED)

    Not the dog in question​Updated with new puppy-tossing info from HPD. See end of item. A few months ago we had a guy throwing a puppy off a bridge because it kept getting into the garbage. Now we have a dude throwing a dog off a balcony, motivation unknown. Big difference: The bridge puppy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    Lance Reyna: Transgendered Man's Attacker Is Free

    Photo courtesy HCSOTerrence Calhoun, accused of attacking Lance Reyna​This summer we reported on the assault against Lance Reyna, a Houston Community College student who was assaulted in a bathroom on the main campus.Reyna, a transgendered man, is a vocal leader in the HCC GLBT community, and supp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    Prosecutions For Choking Family Members Go Way Up

    Don't do this in Harris County, Homer​Harris County District Attorney Patricia Lykos has issued a year-end report totaling up work done by her office in 2009.It shows things are getting busier over there, but one chart in particular stands out.Listing the top 10 felony dispositions for 2008 and 20 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Juan Tejeda & Jorge Magdeleno: After Living Quietly For 16 Years, Arrested On Murder Charges

    Sixteen years later, caught​Another week, another cold-case arrest in Houston.This time it was two men who had been on the run since participating in a gang murder back in 1994, officials say.Jorge Carlos Tejeda, 33 and Jorge Tejeda Magdeleno, 35, were quietly arrested July 7, Tejeda at the tire s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    Orlando Castano: New Bribery Bust In Bogus DPS License Scheme

    Photo courtesy DPS Orlando Castano, sex offender and (alleged) dealer in fake driver's licenses​There has been a new arrest in the Department of Public Safety bribery case. Last week administrative DPS clerk Gracie Gutierrez was arrested and charged with bribery for accepting cash for a fake licen ... 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

    Sheri Lynn Davis, Teacher Who Became A Web Sensation For Beating A Kid: Charges Filed

    Not arrested yet, but charges filed and warrants issued​The Harris County Sheriff's Office has announced that charges have been filed against the charter-school teacher whose videotaped hitting of a student went viral on the web.Sheri Lynn Davis has been charged with injury to a child. Three other ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    HPD Beating Video: Just Waiting To Bust Viral On The Net

    The Rodney King video -- about to get a reprise in Houston?​Reports are everywhere about eight Houston police officers allegedly caught on tape beating a suspect. But the worst is no doubt yet to come, when the video eventually gets released.Mayor Annise Parker tried to describe what's seen on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    The Key/Kashmere Case That May Vanish Into the Void

    ​Investigations are essentially complete into the Key Middle School/Kashmere High School fiasco Superintendent Terry Grier said Tuesday. All except for the part that HISD investigators have discovered that at least one other person and perhaps two were also involved in the multitude of alleged pr ... More >>

  • News

    February 25, 2010

    Victims' Wrongs: Injured parties in Harris County say plea bargains go on behind their backs

    Some injured parties in Harris County say plea bargains go on behind their backs and without their approval.

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    What?! You're Telling Us This Guy Sexually Abused Corpses!?!

    ​James Patton of Houston is headed to court next week, on charges that he had his way with dead female bodies.As DA spokeswoman Donna Hawkins told KHOU about pictures found on Patton's computer: "I can tell you that the defendant's male sexual organ was seen in various poses with those of dead bod ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2009

    Complain About BARC, Find Yourself Charged With A Crime

    Photo by bf_photos The Harris County District Attorney's Office has charged a BARC volunteer for filing a false police report regarding animal abuse he said he heard while at the city's animal control facility. Shelby Kibodeaux was charged July 1 with the class B misdemeanor, which ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2008

    Drunk Drivers: Here's The Person Who's Giving You Hope

    Photo by bf_photos The Harris County District Attorney's Office has charged a BARC volunteer for filing a false police report regarding animal abuse he said he heard while at the city's animal control facility. Shelby Kibodeaux was charged July 1 with the class B misdemeanor, which ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2008

    Assistant Principal Puts The "High" In Sharpstown High

    Photo by bf_photos The Harris County District Attorney's Office has charged a BARC volunteer for filing a false police report regarding animal abuse he said he heard while at the city's animal control facility. Shelby Kibodeaux was charged July 1 with the class B misdemeanor, which ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2008

    Hey Truants -- They're Coming After You

    Photo by bf_photos The Harris County District Attorney's Office has charged a BARC volunteer for filing a false police report regarding animal abuse he said he heard while at the city's animal control facility. Shelby Kibodeaux was charged July 1 with the class B misdemeanor, which ca ... More >>

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