Tag: Hidalgo County District Attorney

The Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr and Willacy county district attorneys brought home the cycle of domestic violence on Tuesday, tracing behavior common to such cases in a program at the Brownsville Events Center.

A 39-year-old Mercedes man was sentenced last week after pleading guilty to shooting and killing his ex-wife’s 19-year-old daughter.

Agustin Molina Uribe was on his way home from work the night of May 5, 2022. He had gotten off work early and may have been excited to see his family. He may have tried bringing food home. It was a Thursday, close to the weekend, he may have been looking forward to rest.

The Innocence Project of Texas has filed a brief in Monica Melissa Patterson's appeal, which has been remanded to the trial court on a claim of new medical evidence that her appellate attorneys say shows that her 96-year-old victim was not asphyxiated, but instead died from a heart attack.

A charge of murder against a 43-year-old Mission man has been dismissed due to insufficient evidence.

The chief felony prosecutor for the Hidalgo County District Attorney's Office is running to be judge of the 430th state District Court.

Hidalgo County is again asking the Texas Attorney General for an opinion over whether it can withhold releasing documents related to the unfinished courthouse, the contractors tasked with building it, as well as additional contractors hired to uncover construction defects.

Too many lives have been lost on state and local roads due to intoxicated drivers.

EDINBURG — As of July, Edinburg police have made 225 DWI arrests this year.

At 4:26 a.m. Sunday, a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper came across a dead body lying on the west side of Alamo Road in Edinburg, and was informed that a suspect may be in custody.