Harris District Attorney

Crash Reports

Running a red light and killing someone does not automatically mean you're in trouble in Harris County.

The Terrorist

Call the cops! Call the fire department! Tony Cantu and the Epernay subdivision are at it again.

Kiss and Tell

Critics want the diocese to explain why this Roman Catholic priest is still celebrating Mass

The Icebox Revisited

Houston had one of its most shocking race murders 45 years ago. But exactly whose tragedy was it?

High Scores

Students are using drugs illegally not to party down, but to get better marks on exams

Mercenary or Media Martyr?

A self-proclaimed journalist has had a paying job -- private eye

Love Hurts

Six of her ex-lovers or associates are wounded or dead. Authorities wonder if old ways die hard for former Houston attorney Catherine Mehaffey Shelton.

Conspiracy Theory

Arms dealer-turned-gadfly Al Johnson thinks everyone's out to get him. He's right

Under Siege

City Council took away South Houston Mayor Cipriano Romano's keys. They took away his secretary. They told the 27-year-old he can't use the fax or copy machine after hours. Now they're ready to impeach him.

Making a Killing

In the '70s, Walter Waldhauser arranged four contract murders. Nearly 20 years later, he has a new name and a new line of work -- but he still generates a profit from death.

Breaking the Blue Code of Silence

Cops keep secrets. HPD Chief Clarence Bradford wants to reveal them.

Making It Right

Jessie Phillips wants more than a not-guilty verdict in a five-year quest to clear his name

Little Girl Lost?

Brittany Ann Corcoran, age seven, went "missing" for seven months. She resurfaced with a case of head lice, holes in her socks and nothing settled about what has been and what will become of her...

Take the Cash and Talk That Trash

The hotel six sting hits the little screen

Pain for the Prosecution

Assistant district attorney Kristen Pain sent criminals to jail -- and then went to jail herself.

"One-Man Mob"

The cops say what John Shike did to his wife amounted to "legalized stalking." And after being hit with one of the largest fines ever at the county family courts, he vowed he'd get the judge, too.

The Cheap Secrets of Harwin

Beyond the Galleria, beyond Target - and sometimes beyond the law - lies Houston's last untamed wilderness of shopping

Escargot A Go-Go

Gene Weaver always had a big idea. Selling snail dreams was to have been his last hurrah.

John Whitmire was on a roll coming into the 1995 Legislature. But how the mighty have fallen. Tim Fleck examines the mounting troubles of the state senator known as "Boogie."

Killer Behind the Badge

Susan White complained to friends and authorities about Deputy Joseph Kent McGowen, but nobody listened. Then he killed her.

Video Pulpit

A Houston judge takes his quest for juvenile justice into national syndication

Hanging the Judge

Lupe Salinas made a lot of friends on his journey from a Rio Grande Valley childhood to becoming a dogged prosecutor and respected state district judge. Until he was tapped for a federal judgeship, he never knew how many enemies he had.