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UPDATED (with Video): University of St. Thomas Evacuated After Bomb Threats; No Bombs Found

UPDATE: An HPD officer on the scene told reporters that it was more than likely "a hoax." Video from St. Thomas HPD press conference after the jump. Original post: The University of St. Thomas was evacuated this morning after receiving two bomb threats, but Houston police have not found any bombs. ... More >>

HPD vs. Food Trucks

Unarmed Man, Kenneth Brian Releford, Fatally Shot After Charging Police, HPD Says

Police fatally shot an unarmed man, Kenneth Brian Releford, early Thursday morning near downtown, following a confrontation when he approached officers with a hand tucked behind his back, police said. This was the second time in three weeks that police gunned down a person who had a suspected ment ... More >>

Why Do Houston Police Keep Bothering Food Truck Oh My Gogi?

Houston police spokesperson, John Cannon, has trouble not laughing when he hears about the food truck Oh My Gogi. It's not their complaints, or their food, or the owners. It's the name. Oh. My. Gogi. The punchlines pretty much write themselves. Oh My Gogi isn't laughing. Owner Eric Nguyen says the ... More >>

Oh My Gogi's Continuing HPD Problems

Houston police spokesperson John Cannon has trouble not laughing when he hears about the food truck Oh My Gogi. It's not their complaints, or their food, or the owners. It's the name. Oh. My. Gogi. The punchlines pretty much write themselves. Oh My Gogi isn't laughing. Owner Eric Nguyen says the H ... More >>

Heights Burglary Ring Busted

Don't brag on Facebook, kids

Heights Burglary Ring Smashed; Four Area Youths in Custody & Their Facebook Bragging Exposed

Phots by HPDNathaniel Cook: One of four arrested.​An alert area resident and diligent Central Patrol officers have taken in a quartet of Heights miscreants they say broke into four area homes on Tuesday. Police say Nathaniel Dean Cook, Octavius Demone Harris, Eli Marquis Ortiz and Everardo Se ... More >>

Brown Trial: Not Guilty, Not Surprising

Michael Brown is not a guilty man.​In a strictly legal sense, today's not guilty verdict in Dr. Michael Brown's assault trial was probably the right call. Although prosecutors Jane Waters and Nathan Hennigan probably did the best with what they had, they didn't have much. Rachel Brown had no ... More >>

Ruben Trejo: Drunk Cop Who Hit School Bus Was On His Way Into Work, HPD Says

Better or worse that he didn't make it to work?​The off-duty cop who hit a school bus in the afternoon last year has been charged with drunk driving, and HPD confirms he was on his way into work when the accident happened. As opposed to just being drunk and behind the wheel on a weekday after ... More >>

UH Baseball: Cougars Engulfed By The Blazers

John RoyalCodey Morehouse trots home after hitting a home run on Friday​The Houston Cougar baseball team has been on a bit of a rollercoaster ride this season. They weren't supposed to be very good, not with the new coach, roster turnover, and a near non-existent pitching staff devastated by ... More >>

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 >>

Tyjanae Moore: Mayor's Office Makes Clear Transgendered Woman Should Not Have Been Arrested For Using Women's Bathroom

Annise Parker clarifies things for HPD​Concerning Tyjanae Morre, the transgendered woman whose attempt to use a women's restroom in the downtown library got her tossed into the men's jail, and briefly threw city government into confusion, Mayor Annise Parker's office says the "misunderstanding ... More >>

Tyjanae Moore: Houston Still Struggling With Transgender/Bathroom Issues

We thought this had been ironed out​Two weeks after a transgendered woman tried to use the restroom in a city building, she and the city seem still to be recovering. A security guard at the downtown municipal library told police it was a man dressed in women's clothes that he saw entering the ... More >>

Marcus Dise: Lawsuit Claims HPD Beat Him Up For Videotaping Them

Marcus Dise's lawsuit makes some big claims​It appears as though cops don't like being photographed or recorded. Just ask Marcus Dise, another man who claims that he was the victim of police misconduct, in this instance allegedly beaten Tarantino-style by a pair of HPD officers after whipping out ... More >>

More Ugly Trouble For That Doctor From The Wholesome TV Ads

​Houston's wackiest, silliest married couple is at it again: Last Sunday night, Rachel Brown, wife of cocaine-enthusiast and medical-license-losing former surgeon Michael Brown (star of local television ads featuring his kids) called 911 because, per the offense report, "her husband is trying to k ... More >>

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 >>

Bayou Body Count: Terrible Tragedy, In A Lexus

Just before 4 pm Tuesday, according to Houston police, Pedro Enrique-Garcia Rosabal, 34, called his wife to say he'd just picked their two kids up from summer school and was going to kill them. Turns out Rosabal made good on his threat, shooting his 8-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son with a .380 ... More >>

Surprise, Surprise: Yet Another Delay In 15-Year-Old DNA Case

Attorney Sarah FrazierBack in January Hair Balls brought you the saga of the seemingly endless DNA case of convicted grandma-killer Charles Raby. He's been on Death Row since 1994, and the DNA challenge has been going on for more than six years. Today's scheduled ruling was pushed back yet again.&nb ... More >>

HPD's Pilot Program To Deal With Mentally Ill Becomes Permanent

In December, we published a story that involved the Houston Police Department's Crisis Intervention Team, and one of its new programs that only a couple other departments in the country were trying.That program, the Crisis Intervention Response Team, pairs street officers with counselors from MHMRA ... More >>

Quanell X

The Houston activist says he's dumped the hate

Hispanics Are Almost Never Arrested For Drugs, HPD Somehow Says

Holding Small Amounts Of Pot Will Still Get You Jail Time In Houston

The Prince of Perjury Palace

In court, the truth didn't matter -- he got his child anyway

Undercover Cop

New HPD Chief Hurtt is still plainclothes

The Odd Couple

When a veteran juvenile probation supervisor took a teenage former detainee as her live-in companion, you'd have thought authorities would be interested. They weren't.

Banner Banter

Another builder is the latest to go ballistic over the Cohns' sign

Loose Cannon?

David Mullane wanted to express sympathy for a rape victim. But the police wanted an arrest.

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