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  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    City, County Move to Shut Down Treasures, the Strip Club

    The city and county have filed a suit seeking to shut down the strip club Treasures, calling it a public nuisance. They've been threatening to do this, most recently at a state hearing where dancers tearfully pleaded with officials not to close it down. "The Houston Police Department has made nume ... More >>

  • Music

    May 10, 2012

    Houston's Cryptic New Noise Ordinance

    Confusing new law has bar and club owners screaming.

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Cover Story: Houston's Noise Ordinance Has Bar and Club Owners Screaming

    Things have been quite noisy since Houston's new noise ordinance became law. In this week's cover story, Houston Press examined the effects of the citywide sound ordinance, which Houston City Council passed on October 10. While a Houston Police Department officer is confident that the noise ordin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Cover Story: Houston's Controversial Noise Ordinance

    In this week's cover story, Houston Press examined the effects of the citywide sound ordinance, which Houston City Council passed on October 10. While a Houston Police Department officer is confident that the noise ordinance task force (whose members aren't required to carry decibel meters) is doi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    Isaiah Nicholas: 4-Year-Old's Shooter Is Charged, on the Run

    A man has been charged with aggravated assault for opening fire on a northeast-side home and hitting in the head a four-year-old boy who was playing inside. Isaiah Nicholas is still hospitalized in critical condition, but Fox 26 reports that Candale Dekota Hall, 24, has been charged in the March 31 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Controversial Noise Ordinance Leads To Lively New Facebook Group

    There is no more contentious issue within the local music community right now than the City of Houston's stricter new noise ordinance, which many venue owners, sound engineers and even everyday music fans view as unreasonable and even draconian. Since the ordinance passed Houston City Council nearl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    Occupy Houston Protesters Hit With Felony Charges For Port Incident

    Stiffer charges reinstated​It seemed a little bogus when Occupy Houston protesters got hit with felony charges for their typical blocking of a street during a Port of Houston event earlier this month and, indeed, the serious charges were quickly dropped. Any celebration has been short-lived, ... More >>

  • News

    November 24, 2011

    Turkeys of the Year 2011

    We combed through an abundance of riches this year to bring you the best of the worst

  • News

    October 6, 2011

    PR Headline of the Day

    Parker Afraid of Dick

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Three Houston Cops Accused of Eating Evidence in May Pot Case

    ​Man, the Houston Police Department is starting to seem less like a police force and more like the world's biggest frat party these days. Hard on the heels of the dismissal of one veteran cop for driving to work drunk off his ass and crashing into a (luckily almost empty) school bus, comes an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    HPD Kingwood Under Investigation for Alleged Overtime Abuses

    Bryan Bennett became the HPD Kingwood captain two years ago ​An anonymous source has chronicled to Hair Balls a recent history of overtime funding abuses by the Houston Police Department Kingwood Division. The first, according to the source, occurred on May 22 during a private benefit for Ser ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2011

    7 HPD Officers Disciplined Over DWI Cop Case

    Mistakes were made.​The Houston Police Department has disciplined seven officers for their actions in the wake of a fellow cop's drunk-driving accident, spokesman Victor Senties tells Hair Balls. Senties confirmed a Houston Chronicle report that the following actions were taken: Assistant Ch ... More >>

  • News

    September 15, 2011

    The Red-Light Camera Circus

    Step right up, folks: Passion, deceit, money, lots of money, double dealing and a mayor with more flip-flops in her than a Cirque du Soleil acrobat!

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Ricardo Hidalgo Jr., Bayou Body Count No. 277

    Eight in a motel room, one ends up dead​Ricardo Hidalgo Jr., 26, was shot multiple times inside a motel room early Saturday morning, but he wasn't alone. According to Houston Police, four women and three men were present at the time of the shooting. The motel was in the 12000 block of Nimitz ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Houston Still A Taser-Happy Kinda Town

    Houston says go ahead and tase me, bro​The legacy of former Houston Police chief Harold Hurtt lives on -- the city is still spending mad money buying Tasers.City council has approved another $4.5 million for the gadgets, which are supposed to reduce deadly force incidents but also prevent police f ... 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

    April 16, 2010

    A Day At Discovery Green With The Tea Partiers

    Photo by Marc Brubaker​The noise leading into the November election is only getting louder, as the dissent on the right side of the nation grows deafening. Yesterday on Discovery Green, a group of at least 1,000 Houston Tea Party supporters and some from other spaces in Texas converged to hold a T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Houston To Be Transformed Into District 9, Entirely Plausible Radio Host Says

    ​Alex Jones, the sometimes-entertaining nationwide radio host based out of Austin, has seldom met a conspiracy theory he didn't embrace whole-heartedly. He's the author of 9/11:Descent Into Tyranny which, as you might guess, outlines the New World Order's plans to enslave us all.His latest call to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    For One Brief, Shining Moment.....

    ​The word went forth at 9:30 this morning. Christina Garza, spokesperson for Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia, e-mailed reporters to tell them of a new development."Sheriff Announces Employee Bill of Rights," read the e-mail header.Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia has developed an Employee B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    Some Answers On The Method Man Lawsuit

    courtesy of TtekcorBNavE.​News of a lawsuit filed against rapper Method Man for allegedly pelting a female autograph seeker outside Houston's House of Blues with ammo from an air-gun sure has exploded all over the Internet. Some folks have questions, there's a smattering of alleged eyewitness acco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2009

    Cops Taking On Quannel X? No Uniforms Allowed

    Some working stiffs would love to hear their boss tell them, "Hey, don't worry about those stuffy work clothes." But when that boss is HPD Chief Harold Hurtt, and those stiffs are three officers announcing a lawsuit against two men who publicly accused them of brutality, it smacks of top brass refus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2008

    Slain HPD Officer's Wife Sues Over One-Cop-Per-Car Policy

    Some working stiffs would love to hear their boss tell them, "Hey, don't worry about those stuffy work clothes." But when that boss is HPD Chief Harold Hurtt, and those stiffs are three officers announcing a lawsuit against two men who publicly accused them of brutality, it smacks of top brass refus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2008

    HPD Seeks Customers Of (Allegedly) Pervy Dentist

    Some working stiffs would love to hear their boss tell them, "Hey, don't worry about those stuffy work clothes." But when that boss is HPD Chief Harold Hurtt, and those stiffs are three officers announcing a lawsuit against two men who publicly accused them of brutality, it smacks of top brass refus ... More >>

  • News

    March 20, 2008
  • Blogs

    February 22, 2007

    Who's the Ford Tough Guy Now?

    Rumors surround Montrose church

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2007

    Graffiti Artist Sues H.P.D.

    Rumors surround Montrose church

  • News

    December 7, 2006

    Punk'd!

    Graffiti artists get their moment to shine on camera

  • News

    August 25, 2005

    Close to the Vest

    Some HPD officers aren't so hot about safety

  • News

    May 26, 2005

    Horse Shoed

    HPD loses its cool at the Halliburton demonstration

  • News

    March 17, 2005

    The Stud Next Door

    It's pay-to-play if you wanna be a porno star

  • News

    May 6, 2004

    Hurtt So Good

    A real shake-up at HPD? We thought that was impossible

  • News

    September 4, 2003

    Sidebar

    A real shake-up at HPD? We thought that was impossible

  • News

    June 27, 2002

    The War Within

    Mark Aguirre is an aggressive Houston cop who won civilian support by fighting crime. But the abrasive captain could lose his biggest battle: the one raging over him in HPD itself.

  • News

    May 4, 2000

    Payback Time

    Burned by police union opposition, a councilman counterattacks

  • News

    February 17, 2000

    Gang of One

    Critics say cops and prosecutors are too quick to label some minorities as gangsters

  • News

    May 6, 1999

    Dead, Dead, Dead

    The police killings of Pedro Oregon, Ida Lee Delaney and Byron Gillum

  • News

    February 25, 1999

    Cop vs. Cop

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

  • News

    October 8, 1998

    Breaking the Blue Code of Silence

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

  • News

    October 9, 1997

    The Insider

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

  • News

    January 2, 1997

    Bad Boy In Blue

    Union head Hans Marticiuc (rhymes with wreck) takes aim at the police chief, the mayor, other labor leaders and anyone else who gets in his way

  • News

    December 26, 1996

    Alison Cook looks back at 1996: Year of the Rat

    Union head Hans Marticiuc (rhymes with wreck) takes aim at the police chief, the mayor, other labor leaders and anyone else who gets in his way

  • News

    August 29, 1996

    No Time for Sergeants

    The Houston Police Department puts high-ranking cops out on the street

  • News

    April 4, 1996

    Ana's Angel

    Jay Hamburger rushed in where others feared to tread ... only to find that no good deed goes unpunished

  • News

    June 15, 1995

    Mad Dog's Demise

    Alan Mabry was a man on a mission. His death last month left friends, colleagues and authorities baffled -- as did his obsessive life.

  • News

    June 1, 1995

    Letters

    Alan Mabry was a man on a mission. His death last month left friends, colleagues and authorities baffled -- as did his obsessive life.

  • News

    May 4, 1995

    The Law East of Downtown

    With his army of volunteer deputies, Victor Trevino is Harris County's most innovative and open lawman. But his sharp tongue hasn't endeared him to other politicians. And some wonder if all his power has gone to his head.

  • News

    April 6, 1995

    Letters

    With his army of volunteer deputies, Victor Trevino is Harris County's most innovative and open lawman. But his sharp tongue hasn't endeared him to other politicians. And some wonder if all his power has gone to his head.

  • News

    July 14, 1994

    The Gangs Among Us

    Asian crime is growing. Asian immigrants are its main target. And the HPD hasn't a clue what to do.

  • News

    June 2, 1994

    Aftermath of an Arrest

    Billy Miller knew he was going to jail; what he didn't expect was how

  • News

    January 27, 1994

    HPD Blues

    Mixed reviews for Chief Nuchia's promotions plan

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