Tag: Crime

A 34-year-old man has been arrested for the murder of another man authorities found with gunshot wounds in rural Edinburg early Thursday morning, the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

Hidalgo County sheriff's deputies are investigating a homicide in rural Alamo, where authorities found the victim with "multiple gunshot wounds" and took a neighbor into custody.

EDINBURG — An autopsy report shown Tuesday revealed that the gun used to shoot and kill a 31-year-old man in his Edinburg apartment was fired at either point blank range or very close to the base of his skull, according to a forensic pathologist.

HARLINGEN — Police are investigating the death of an elderly man whose body was found at a public housing project June 6.

Homeland Security Investigations special agents arrested a 30-year-old Edinburg resident on Monday who they accuse of coercing a teenager into sending sexually explicit photos to him over a two-year period.

EDINBURG — A 38-year-old Elsa woman voluntarily told an Edinburg mental health police officer that she was going to be arrested because her husband, who she’s accused of shooting in the back of his head, was abusive and would force her to hold his gun.

McAllen police last week arrested a 35-year-old Peñitas man last week for allegations that he drove drunk and killed a man during an early morning crash at State Highway 107 and Ware Road.

A 27-year-old Alamo man has been indicted for a bloody double stabbing that left two men dead at a McAllen Motel 6 in March.

A former Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office evidence technician is scheduled to be arraigned Monday on a 22-count indictment accusing him of stealing nearly $30,000 and taking a gun storage box last year.

McALLEN — A group of Gulf Cartel members who participated in the botched 2011 kidnapping of a man they mistakenly thought had stolen drugs from a plaza boss learned their fate in McAllen federal court on Friday.