Tag: Crime
High court won’t hear appeal in cartel-linked double homicide
Without a written order, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rejected an appeal from a 31-year-old Mission man convicted of a 2012 double homicide...
Former DA Villalobos transferred to re-entry center
Former Cameron County District Attorney Armando R. Villalobos is now in “community confinement” and no longer incarcerated in a federal correctional institute.
The Federal Bureau...
Peñitas man charged in fatal Dec. 11 crash
The Texas Department of Public Safety says a 23-year-old Peñitas man who was behind the wheel of a fatal Dec. 11 crash had been...
Commissioners plan ordinance to stop plant thefts; Thieves still targeting Hugh Ramsey Nature Park
HARLINGEN — For about 20 years, Christina Mild and a group of residents have planted native trees and shrubs along Hugh Ramsey Nature Park’s...
Commissioners plan ordinance to stop plant thefts; Thieves still targeting Hugh Ramsey Nature Park
HARLINGEN — For about 20 years, Christina Mild and a group of residents have planted native trees and shrubs along Hugh Ramsey Nature Park’s...
Ex-BISD trustee’s sentencing delayed; Atkinson date now April 20
Former BISD Board of Trustees Vice President Sylvia P. Atkinson's request to extend her sentencing hearing has been granted, pushing back her sentencing to...
Ex-BISD trustee’s sentencing delayed; Atkinson date now April 20
Former BISD Board of Trustees Vice President Sylvia P. Atkinson's request to extend her sentencing hearing has been granted, pushing back her sentencing to...
Mission man sentenced in drug scheme case, carjacking
A court sentenced Daniel Herrera-Bear for his role in a drug scheme that involved cocaine and a carjacking, records show.
Herrera-Bear pleaded guilty in late...
Mission man sentenced in drug scheme case, carjacking
A court sentenced Daniel Herrera-Bear for his role in a drug scheme that involved cocaine and a carjacking, records show.
Herrera-Bear pleaded guilty in late...
20 years in prison for corporate exec who lied about terminal prognoses
A corporate executive has been ordered to prison after his conviction related to falsely telling thousands of patients with long-term incurable diseases, such as...