Tag: Weslaco Police Department

WESLACO – Police here managed to stop a theft in progress at a Stripes convenience store last week, a theft that began as an aggravated robbery call but ended up being an inside job, authorities said at a news conference Thursday.

The Weslaco Police Department is asking the public’s help to locate an 87-year-old man who suffers from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

A preliminary autopsy indicates a 28-year-old McAllen man who died following a brief chase with Weslaco police earlier this month succumbed to a cocaine overdose, according to a report filed with the state.

Weslaco police say a 28-year-old man officers were chasing early Tuesday morning died at a hospital after falling into a ditch. In a news release,...

Civil lawyers with the Hidalgo County District Attorney’s Office are asking the Texas Attorney General to allow the sheriff’s office to withhold a probable cause affidavit for a 32-year-old Weslaco man accused in a “very violent” double stabbing, reasoning that a minor witnessed the crime.

Civil attorneys at the Hidalgo County District Attorney’s office are asking the Texas Attorney General to withhold an affidavit from the public that is related to a recently solved cold case in Weslaco.

Mercedes police arrested a 17-year-old male early Thursday morning after he reportedly made a terroristic threat. According to a news release, the teenager was arrested...

WESLACO — Two men have been arrested in a 2014 shooting death after one suspect’s wife revealed to authorities that she had information about the cold case homicide.

WESLACO — Police here revealed details Monday of a “gruesome” and “very violent” stabbing that left one man dead and his brother in the hospital over the weekend, while the suspect who was released from jail after over a year behind bars is now at the center of a murder investigation.

Weslaco police are investigating a homicide that occurred early Saturday morning.