Tag: Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS)
Mission man dies after trying to stop vehicle from leaving
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers are investigating a fatal auto-pedestrian crash that occurred Saturday night after a Mission man tried to prevent the vehicle from leaving, according to a news release.
Donna man dies after losing control of vehicle for ‘unknown reasons’
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers are investigating a single-vehicle rollover that left a Donna man dead and sent another man to the hospital on Sunday.
DPS seizes $345K of cocaine from trailer after Starr County stop
A driver moving drugs using a tractor trailer was stopped in Rio Grande City and arrested after a traffic inspection by Texas Department of Public Safety troopers last week, according to a Tuesday news release.
Report: Justice Department probing Texas’ border mission
Report shines light on shooting of DPS trooper in Falfurrias
The Texas Department of Public Safety trooper shot by a Houston homicide fugitive last month was hit “at least once” in the officer’s bullet-resistant vest.
DPS investigating fatal single-vehicle crash in Alamo
Texas Department of Public Safety officials said a man who drove off a roadway and went airborne died Friday afternoon.
DPS trooper’s sister-in-law pleads guilty to money laundering in family drug trafficking case
The sister-in-law of a former state trooper admitted on Thursday to conspiring to launder money in her family’s alleged drug trafficking enterprise.
Suspect vehicle stopped with spike strips just before deadly shootout with police in Falfurrias
The Falfurrias Police Department said Sunday that an unidentified person killed in a shootout Saturday afternoon opened fire after officers stopped their vehicle with a spike strip.
Weslaco woman dies from injuries in fatal auto-pedestrian crash
The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating a fatal auto-pedestrian crash that occurred around 5:30 a.m. in Progresso.
Arrest made in speed boat smuggling case near Mission
A man who authorities say used a speed boat to smuggle people into the country illegally, crossing them through the Rio Grande near Mission, was arrested by border agents Sunday.