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Harris County District Attorney's Office

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    December 13, 2011

    Ray Hill's Arrest Video Tells Different Story Than What Cops Say

    Don't Get in the Way of Our Titty Bar Raids, Yo! ​ Security camera footage taken during a raid at the Treasures strip club shows a Houston Police Department officer shoving gay activist Ray Hill in the chest before other officers surround the 71-year-old, handcuff him, and escort him from the ... More >>

  • News

    October 27, 2011

    Out of Hand

    Michael Glyn Brown was recently acquitted of assaulting his wife. But that's only the latest allegation against the violent, drug-abusing doctor, long a fixture of Houston TV commercials and society.

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Nolton Joseph LaFleur III, Shot By Metro Officer, Bayou Body Count No. 115

    Another fatal shooting by a Metro cop.​For the second time in two years -- the only two times in its almost 30-year history -- a Metro officer has fatally shot someone. Nolton Joseph LaFleur III, whose age is unknown, was shot by Metro police officer Richard Hernandez on the west side of town ... More >>

  • News

    April 21, 2011

    Hide and Seek

    Fourteen-year-old Andrew Mosier was abducted last August. It wasn't by aliens.

  • News

    February 3, 2011

    Dead Center

    Bad things keep happening to people in Shawn Roberts's orbit.

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Schoolhouse Rocked: Allegations of Conflicts of Interest at HCC

    If the HCC board room is rockin', don't come a knockin'​Things seem to keep getting uglier over at Houston Community College. On Thursday, the board of trustees reportedly held a closed session to discuss an investigation into possible conflicts of interest by trustee Yolanda Flores and former t ... More >>

  • News

    August 12, 2010

    The Fireman's Wife

    Nikki Araguz, formerly Justin Purdue, clashes with family over her late husband's legacy.

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    Frank Wilson Survival Watch, Day One: He Just Keeps Us Hanging On

    ​In the last several months, things could not have gone worse for Metro president Frank Wilson. When Annise Parker was elected mayor, it seemed only a matter of time before Wilson was ousted from the agency. Parker was critical of Metro during her campaign, and her criticism continued after the el ... More >>

  • News

    March 4, 2010

    Teflon Man

    Now playing in River Oaks, Gary Ross has stayed one step ahead of trouble and judgments across the country.

  • 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

    August 4, 2009

    Bayou Body Count: There Actually Is An Ax-Murderer On The Loose

    ​Did Houston police officer R.G. Gardiner shoot John Barnes on Saturday evening unnecessarily?The police department says no. The official version goes that Gardiner, who was working an off-duty security job at the Woodland Hills Village Apartments at 2139 Lake Hills Drive, saw Barnes and a wom ... More >>

  • News

    April 12, 2007

    Woodwind Lakes subdivision built on oil and gas field turns on neighbor who pointed out the contamination

    ​Did Houston police officer R.G. Gardiner shoot John Barnes on Saturday evening unnecessarily?The police department says no. The official version goes that Gardiner, who was working an off-duty security job at the Woodland Hills Village Apartments at 2139 Lake Hills Drive, saw Barnes and a wom ... More >>

  • News

    November 24, 2005

    Turkeys of the Year

    Just stuff 'em

  • News

    January 20, 2005

    Insanely Guilty

    A mother sets out to save her children, by killing them. Texas usually jails such women, but that may be changing.

  • News

    September 2, 2004

    The Specialist

    Scott Wizig's bread and butter is first-time home buyers with bad credit. He says he's making dreams come true, but many say dealing with him has been a nightmare.

  • News

    August 15, 2002

    Building a Case

    Did prosecutors use -- or abuse -- a little-known remodeling law?

  • News

    December 30, 1999

    Waldhauser Watch

    A story about the new life and old ways of a notorious killer spurs indictments and national coverage

  • News

    July 1, 1999

    (Dis)order in the Court

    A story about the new life and old ways of a notorious killer spurs indictments and national coverage

  • News

    June 24, 1999

    Killer On The Loose

    Was Walter Waldhauser/ Michael Davis tipped about his latest arrest warrants?

  • News

    March 25, 1999

    Queen of the Good Ol' Boys

    The macho world of trial law is ruled by tough, hard-driving men -- and by Katherine Scardino, a tough, hard-driving woman

  • News

    February 25, 1999

    Cop vs. Cop

    Police officers don't complain about other officers -- or else.

  • News

    August 13, 1998

    Trivial Pursuit

    Should taxpayer dollars help prosecute a reporter with a big mouth and inoperable cancer?

  • News

    July 24, 1997

    Death of an Informant

    Donald Chaline died as he had lived: in a tangle of crime, alcohol and mystery.

  • News

    February 6, 1997

    King Con

    Steven Russell can bluff his way out of anything -- even prison. so why can't he stay out of jail?

  • News

    December 19, 1996

    A Question of Rape

    It couldn't happen inside a nice suburban school like Jersey Village High ... could it?

  • News

    November 21, 1996

    Blood Sport

    In the dogfight business, pit bulls get killed all the time. Sometimes, so do people.

  • News

    October 3, 1996

    The Kingdom and the Power

    Money may be the root of all evil, but it's fueled Steven Hotze's rise from a fringe player on the religious right to kingmaker in the local Republican Party. Now he's trying to stretch his influence further afield.

  • News

    August 8, 1996

    Split Decision

    The D.A.'s Office drops its probe of the medical examiner's DNA expert -- for now

  • News

    June 27, 1996

    Fleck Exonerated; Stockman Sued

    The D.A.'s Office drops its probe of the medical examiner's DNA expert -- for now

  • News

    March 28, 1996

    The Brothers Graham (Part I)

    Once upon a time in Humble, there lived two guys named Pat and Mike. They had a way of making people believe, and those people included some of Texas' highest public officials. While it turned out that their stories usually were just too good to be true,

  • News

    January 25, 1996

    Autopsy

    Since Dr. Joe retired as Harris Countys chief medical examiner, the morgue itself has been undergoing a critical examination. Whats been uncovered botched postmortems, illegal tissue-harvesting, double-dipping pathologists reveals a county office thats op

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