Tag: Courts

A discrimination lawsuit filed by former superintendent Carolyn Mendiola against her former employer, Mercedes ISD, has been settled.

A federal judge in Brownsville last Thursday denied Death Row inmate John Allen Rubio’s motion for discovery.

An Edinburg man has been sentenced to prison following his conviction for possession with intent to distribute over 11 pounds of cocaine while taking advantage of his position at UPS, according to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas.

Federal prosecutors had to wait more than a decade, but a high-ranking Gulf Cartel member accused of smuggling nearly seven tons of marijuana has pleaded guilty.

A former Palmview High School special education teacher pleaded guilty Friday to the coercion and enticement of a minor.

A 23-year-old McAllen man pleaded guilty Friday to using Instagram to sexually coerce and entice a minor.

McALLEN — "Almost an impossibility."

The final defendant tied to the Weslaco water plant bribery case has learned his fate nearly five years after admitting to his role.

Three mid-Valley men on Wednesday were sentenced to prison for a fatal home invasion that happened in Edinburg more than a decade ago.

The former crime victims coordinator for the Starr County District Attorney’s Office plans to plead guilty in a human smuggling operation that used a government vehicle.