Tag: Crime

A 54-year-old Peñitas man who allegedly shot and killed his stepdaughter on July 4 is set to be arraigned Tuesday.

A 27-year-old McAllen man is accused of driving drunk and running a red light early Saturday morning in Edinburg before crashing into another vehicle and killing a 26-year-old woman. He was arraigned Sunday afternoon.

A 45-year-old Mercedes man was charged with animal cruelty Wednesday after police found his dog severely infested with ticks and malnourished, leading to the dog's death.

The man accused of being paid $10,000 to lure 17-year-old Chayse Olivarez to a ranch where the Rio Grande City teen was shot and killed, dismembered and burned, has been convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to 35 years in state prison, prosecutors announced in a news release Friday.

An autopsy of the Mission woman who was killed and whose body was disposed of inside a compartment at her boyfriend’s apartment revealed that she died due to either a gunshot wound to the head or asphyxiation, police said in probable cause affidavits.

A 22-year-old McAllen man is accused of driving drunk and running a red light early Saturday morning in Edinburg before crashing into another vehicle and killing a 26-year-old woman.

A McAllen police officer shot a man with a pellet gun who was suspected of robbing two Stripes convenience stores in the wee hours of Saturday morning.

An Alton man and a McAllen woman will have their initial charges of aggravated assault enhanced to murder after they allegedly beat a man to death, according to police.

An 18-year-old Edinburg has received $350,000 in bonds on charges related to an alleged drunk driving crash that happened at an intersection early Sunday morning.

AUSTIN (AP) — An extramarital affair Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had with a donor's employee helped connect the dots about why the Republican was using his power in ways that are now at the center of his impeachment trial on accusations of corruption, a former top aide testified Wednesday.