Tag: Courts

The Hidalgo County District Attorney’s Office will not pursue criminal charges against Andy Harvey, Pharr’s former police chief.

“Ask for Trooper. That’s what they call me. That’s my jail name.” That was heard in a recording from a phone conversation between two unnamed individuals — one of whom is believed to be Victor Alejandro Godinez — played in court Wednesday afternoon outside of the presence of the jury. 

EDINBURG — The court was presented with a small glimpse of what once was the life of Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Moises Sanchez through the eyes of his widow, Yvonne Sanchez, and his first born son, Zachary Sanchez.

A jury on Tuesday night found a 28-year-old Edinburg man guilty over the killing of a Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper nearly five years ago.

“They signed up to protect and serve the community, and that’s what he did.”

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled for the Biden administration in a 5-4 vote Monday and said Border Patrol agents may cut barbed wire installed by Texas authorities that prevents them from patrolling areas along the Rio Grande.

EDINBURG — After ten days of testimony against the 28-year-old Edinburg man accused of shooting Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Moises Sanchez, defense attorneys rested their case.

A 36-year-old Weslaco man pleaded guilty Friday to straw purchasing and possessing child pornography and firearms.

The eighth day of the death penalty trial for Victor Alejandro Godinez continued Thursday afternoon with testimony from the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Moises Sanchez.

A 46-year-old man avoided trial over the fatal stabbing of a former Harlingen High School football player by pleading guilty to a lesser charge.