Tag: Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO)

Hidalgo County Sheriff J.E. “Eddie” Guerra on Tuesday night trounced his Democratic Primary opponent Frank Guerrero.

EDINBURG — A Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office investigator on Monday afternoon testified that Richard Ford bought a knife and duct tape in the days leading up to his ex-wife’s kidnapping and murder.

The trial for 44-year-old Richard Ford, who is accused of kidnapping and murdering his 37-year-old ex-wife Melissa Banda in 2020, continued Thursday with testimony from an investigator who responded to the scene where her body was discovered.

A traffic stop by police in Mission on Friday resulted in the seizure of nearly 230 pounds of cocaine and two arrests.

A 21-year-old Donna man received a $500,000 bond Saturday afternoon after he was charged in the daylight robbery of a U.S. Postal Service worker who was delivering mail in Weslaco early Wednesday afternoon.

The Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office is looking for a man who robbed a United States Postal Service worker who was delivering mail early Wednesday afternoon in rural Weslaco.

A Donna woman killed last month was found to have blunt force trauma to her head and signs of suffocation, according to results of autopsy findings.

The Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office is asking the Texas Attorney General whether it can withhold the probable cause affidavit for the arrest of an 18-year-old Weslaco man who fatally shot a teenager on Jan. 11.

Sheriff's investigators hit the jackpot Friday after netting eight arrests for organized criminal activity and other charges in an illegal gambling bust at an Edinburg area game room.

A Mission man was found dead in a ditch Friday afternoon after a passerby alerted authorities to the body, which was being bitten by dogs in the area. Authorities are now launching an investigation into the man’s death and are asking for the public’s help.