Tag: Courts

EDINBURG — A jury on Friday found a 62-year-old Pharr man guilty of killing his brother in 2021 while robbing him of $100 before dumping his body in a local park.

Federal prosecutors on Friday charged a Houston man with possession with the intent to distribute nearly 16 pounds of cocaine following a routine traffic stop in Willacy County.

A 40-year-old Donna man has been sentenced to two years in prison for driving drunk and hitting and killing a 21-year-old woman whose tire had a blowout on Interstate 2.

A Donna man was arrested last Wednesday after he allegedly ran from police and disregarded a red light during a pursuit where he caused a crash that killed a Pharr man, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump surrendered Thursday on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, a brisk 20-minute booking that yielded a historic first: a mug shot of a U.S. ex-president.

A grandfather and his two grandsons were arrested at the Falfurrias checkpoint Tuesday afternoon after Border Patrol agents found two people illegally present in the United States inside their vehicle.

It only took 45 minutes for a federal jury to return a guilty verdict for a Houston man who was involved in a conspiracy to transport people illegally present in the United States, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas.

Two people have been charged with healthcare fraud involving the alleged billing of $80 million to a federal workers’ compensation program over a five-year period.

McALLEN — Former La Joya school board president Oscar “Coach” Salinas has been sentenced to one year and two months in federal prison for his role in a massive Western Hidalgo County public corruption scandal.

A federal appellate court on Monday upheld the life sentence for a former South Texas College math professor who sexually abused two children under the age of 7.