Tag: Hidalgo County District Attorney

A 21-year-old Alton woman on Friday afternoon was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to intoxication manslaughter for a fatal McAllen crash that killed a 43-year-old woman.

EDINBURG — The Rio Grande Valley District Attorneys Coalition announced its annual No Refusal Weekend for the July 4 holiday with testimony from a survivor of a fatal drunk driving incident that resulted in the conviction of the driver.

The Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office said deputies shot and killed a 51-year-old Edinburg man Tuesday evening after he lunged at and threw a knife at authorities.

Texas' SB 4 sent the state swirling into confusion this week as the Supreme Court briefly allowed the immigration law to go into effect for several hours before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals placed the legislation's implementation on hold.

The Hidalgo County District Attorney’s Office will not pursue criminal charges against Andy Harvey, Pharr’s former police chief.

A 32-year-old Edinburg man on Friday was sentenced to three decades in prison for committing two violent robberies.

Saturday, April 6, 2019 was a night of confusion that forever changed the life of 49-year-old Trooper Moises Sanchez, his family and the law enforcement that responded to Sanchez’s aid.

The Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office is asking the Texas Attorney General whether it has to release probable cause affidavits for three men accused of fatally gunning down a 16-year-old in early November.

The Cameron and Starr County district attorneys have filed a joint motion to withdraw from a combined 215 cases that they were appointed to in Hidalgo County because its DA has conflicts of interest.

An appellate court on Oct. 12 has shot down a ruling that would have allowed a 57-year-old Alamo man serving life in prison for a brutal stabbing death in 2001 to have DNA retested in the case.