Tag: Courts

EDINBURG — A former Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office evidence technician pleaded guilty Monday morning to one count of theft after it was discovered he had stolen nearly $30,000 and a gun storage box in 2022.

A mother and son who pleaded guilty to sex trafficking undocumented women and girls for more than 20 years out of two Mission bars have been sentenced.

Hidalgo County District Attorney Toribio “Terry” Palacios confirmed Wednesday morning that the jury and alternatives have been selected for the death penalty trial against a 28-year-old Edinburg man accused of shooting at three officers and killing one.

An Alamo man scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday for hitting and killing a motorcyclist in June had been previously convicted and served time for another fatal vehicle crash in 2010.

SAN BENITO — A San Benito man is being held on $315,000 in bonds for charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and debit credit card abuse.

A former Mission High School substitute teacher will serve a decade in federal prison for coercion and enticement of a minor.

A Mission man has been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to his involvement in a fatal smuggling conspiracy, according to a news release from the United States Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas.

A former Weslaco city commissioner has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for a bribery conspiracy involving a water treatment plant contract that involved tens of millions of dollars.

A Harlingen doctor accused of hitting and killing a woman entered a plea of not guilty Thursday morning.

A federal grand jury has indicted a 36-year-old man for accusations that he tried to smuggle 100 rounds of .50 caliber ammunition, 1,156 rounds of 7.62mm caliber ammo, an AK-style rifle and 10 7.62mm magazines into Mexico.