Tag: Crime

A former Palmview High School special education teacher pleaded guilty Friday to the coercion and enticement of a minor.

A 23-year-old McAllen man pleaded guilty Friday to using Instagram to sexually coerce and entice a minor.

Rio Grande Valley law enforcement agencies have seen a significant rise in the number of car thefts, which some officials say is the result of organized criminal activity that’s driving demand for specific vehicles stolen in the region before being smuggled across the border.

Four members of a Mission family pleaded guilty for their roles in money laundering and in smuggling 300 people into the U.S., according to a U.S. Attorney's Office news release.

A 38-year-old McAllen man was sentenced to prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to transporting child pornography using his Google account, according to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas.

A woman who was falsely indicted and jailed on a murder charge for having a self-induced abortion has filed a federal lawsuit against Starr County, its district attorney and the assistant district attorney who attempted to prosecute the case.

A 27-year-old man wanted in a December shooting on Ware Road and Business 83 is under arrest and charged with murder after McAllen police learned he was in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The final defendant tied to the Weslaco water plant bribery case has learned his fate nearly five years after admitting to his role.

Three mid-Valley men on Wednesday were sentenced to prison for a fatal home invasion that happened in Edinburg more than a decade ago.

The former crime victims coordinator for the Starr County District Attorney’s Office plans to plead guilty in a human smuggling operation that used a government vehicle.