Tag: Courts

A Mission attorney who announced he was running for judge of the 464th state District Court on Nov. 6 instead filed to run for the 332nd court on Monday, which was the Dec. 11 deadline for filing.

A 37-year-old Donna man who caused a fatal crash while fleeing from a residence of a person he had been harassing pleaded not guilty to a six-count indictment that includes a charge of murder.

Attorneys for the city of Pharr have filed a response to a lawsuit filed in November by former city manager and chief of police Andy Harvey.

A Mission man was arrested on Dec. 5 after it was discovered that he had purchased sexually explicit photos of a minor in Colorado using Instagram and paying her with a gift card from a popular online game for children called Roblox, according to a criminal complaint.

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.