Tag: Crime

Special agents with Homeland Security Investigations arrested a Mexican citizen Friday in connection with fentanyl pills being smuggled in pallets carrying boxes of limes, according to a criminal complaint.

The 40-year-old man accused of a March 26 fatal crash in San Juan has been arrested for drunk driving six times since 2001 with his most recent arrest in January.

Edinburg police on Sunday arrested two men who were “in search of a female” on charges of aggravated assault.

Attorneys representing the McAllen priest who was recently removed from the Catholic Diocese of Brownsville has responded and denied the allegations in a statement on Saturday. 

The Cameron County District Attorney's Office and appellate attorneys for Death Row inmate Melissa Lucio agree that favorable evidence was "withheld" from the defense during her 2008 trial.

A jury is deliberating the fate of a 39-year-old Edcouch man accused of killing two while he allegedly drove drunk and crashed into an ambulance in 2018.

A 21-year-old San Juan man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for trying to arrange a sexual encounter with a nine-year-old child.

For the second time in less than a week, McAllen police have responded to a residence and have found numerous animals inside.

The 31-year-old man who was shot outside the McAllen Police Department in early March remains under medical supervision, according to Public Information Officer Lt. Joel Morales.

The Catholic Diocese of Brownsville has removed another priest over allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor.