Tag: Crime

BROWNSVILLE — A judge Wednesday charged two men with capital murder in the shooting death of a San Benito police officer, ordering them held on bonds as high as $2 million.

The 28-year-old Edinburg police officer arrested for driving while intoxicated was uncooperative with McAllen police and kicked “the partition window” in a unit “with both feet while using profanities,” according to the probable cause affidavit.

A 22-year-old Brownsville man has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for smuggling people in the country illegally last year.

The Rio Grande Valley couple arrested less than a month ago for their involvement in selling exotic animals without a license have been indicted, according to court documents.

A second suspect in the fatal shooting of a McAllen resident has pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Two men are facing capital murder charges in the shooting death of a San Benito police officer during two chases stretching from South Padre Island to Brownsville that erupted in gunfire.

EDCOUCH — Federal agents descended upon city hall here Wednesday morning in search of documents, meeting records and computer data as part of an ongoing investigation.

A San Benito police officer responding to a pursuit was shot and killed overnight Tuesday.

United States Customs and Border Protection officers on Saturday seized methamphetamine worth more than $10 million from a shipment of fresh jalapeño peppers, according to a press release.

The Texas Department of Public Safety has arrested a 32-year-old San Benito resident for her alleged involvement in a crash in Harlingen that killed a 83-year-old La Feria man.