Tag: Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO)

Two former Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office detention officers are accused of attacking inmates who posed no threat on three separate, unrelated occasions this year.

A McAllen federal judge on Friday afternoon signed off on a confidential settlement between Hidalgo County, four deputies, two nurses and the family of a 22-year-old man who died after suffering a severe neck injury over an Easter weekend 2020 arrest for allegedly violating a local COVID-19 emergency order and public intoxication.

EDINBURG — Oliver Cantu was riding his ATV one day when something happened.

A 20-year-old Donna man on Tuesday was sentenced to 25 years in prison for a shooting at the Lopez Drive Thru that killed a 23-year-old man and sent two others to the hospital.

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.

Investigators with the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office have positively identified the remains of a 52-year-old woman found dead on a property in rural Alamo and determined she had been strangled to death.

The Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a 47-year-old Hargill man for dumping an injured dog on the side of the road.

A dead body discovered on Sunday in rural Alamo has been “tentatively” determined to be a woman who had been reported missing since February, according to a Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office news release.

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.