Tag: Courts

Federal prosecutors allege that the Progreso school district’s board president was involved in smuggling approximately 88 pounds of cocaine in 2020.

A 34-year-old man pleaded not guilty on Friday to eight counts of manslaughter for crashing into a bus stop by a migrant shelter in Brownsville where he killed eight immigrants, court records show.

The girlfriend of the 39-year-old Mercedes man who was sentenced to prison for shooting and killing his ex-wife’s 19-year-old daughter had her charges dismissed last week.

Federal prosecutors have charged seven with conspiring to smuggle more than 1 million rounds of ammunition and high-powered weapons into Mexico.

The jury deliberating the fate of the Harlingen man convicted of attempted capital murder of his ex-girlfriend were sent home last night after District Attorney Toribio “Terry” Palacios made a deal with the man’s defense attorney, according to court staff.

A 19-year-old Donna woman facing an intoxication manslaughter charge is accused of killing her passenger after rolling her vehicle following a dance at an unnamed bar in Alamo.

Jury selection has officially begun in the case involving an Edinburg man accused of shooting and killing a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper in 2019.

EDINBURG — The jury began deliberating Tuesday afternoon in the case of a 62-year-old Harlingen man who was convicted in the stabbing of his ex-girlfriend in 2016.

A 62-year-old Harlingen man has been found not guilty of capital murder for the 2016 fatal stabbing of a 24-year-old man in Edinburg and was acquitted of three counts of aggravated sexual assault over allegations regarding his ex-girlfriend, court records indicate.

A 39-year-old Mercedes man was sentenced last week after pleading guilty to shooting and killing his ex-wife’s 19-year-old daughter.