A 31-year-old Houston woman already facing felony theft charges in nine Texas counties is now wanted for allegedly running down a 15-year-old bicyclist and driving away without stopping. Diamond Porter is accused of striking the teen on Abney Drive near Greenspoint Drive in north Houston on July 20, then fleeing the scene, leaving investigators and the boy's family searching for answers.
According to the teen, Porter slowed her car, rolled down her window, insulted him, and then drove off, a claim laid out in court documents cited by FOX 26 Houston. Surveillance footage from the scene reportedly showed a black Hyundai following the teen at a high rate of speed, and the boy's mother is said to have obtained that footage from neighbors near where the crash happened. Porter's current whereabouts remain unknown, and she is wanted for failure to stop and render aid.
A Rap Sheet That Spans Nine Counties
Porter's alleged hit-and-run comes on top of an already extensive criminal record. Court records show she has racked up 19 felony theft charges since 2021, including 10 since 2025 and six so far in 2026, with felony theft convictions spanning nine Texas counties, according to the same FOX 26 report, which draws on Harris County District Clerk's Office records and Crime Stoppers Victim Services Director Andy Kahan.
Kahan, who has tracked repeat offenders through FOX 26's “Breaking Bond” investigative series, said he has never seen anyone charged in so many counties for the same offense. “I've never seen someone charged in this many counties with the same offense since we've been doing this series,” Kahan said. Despite the volume of charges against her, the station's report notes Porter has only been sent to prison once, and she has pleaded guilty to theft charges before receiving jail sentences of days rather than years.
Perfume, Cologne, and an Organized Theft Ring
Investigators say Porter is part of an organized theft ring that has targeted retailers including Ulta and Sephora, focusing on expensive perfumes and colognes. Court documents indicate Porter and her codefendants stole 244 bottles of perfume and 12 bottles of cologne worth at least $30,000, per the same account. High-end fragrances are among the most frequently targeted items by organized theft rings nationally, according to Business Insider, citing National Retail Federation data, because the products carry high resale value, take up little space, and can be quickly resold on third-party e-commerce platforms.
That kind of theft has become expensive for Texas retailers and taxpayers alike. Organized retail theft cost Texas businesses an estimated $422 million in stolen merchandise and $21 million in lost sales tax revenue in 2022, according to a Texas legislative analysis from the Texas Organized Retail Crime Association, which also found Houston ranked third nationally in retail crime rates, trailing only San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Tougher Penalties Under New State Law
Cases like Porter's now unfold under a dramatically toughened legal framework. Texas Senate Bill 1300, signed by Governor Greg Abbott in June 2025 and effective September 1, 2025, eliminated the lowest misdemeanor tier for organized retail theft, raised every penalty level by one degree, and lowered the threshold for a first-degree felony from $300,000 to $150,000 in stolen merchandise, according to legislative records tracked by LegiScan.
New procedural rules enacted alongside SB 1300 also make it easier for prosecutors to pursue defendants like Porter across county lines. Under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 21.155 and 38.51, prosecutors can now aggregate the value of stolen goods across multiple retail locations without listing every individual item in an indictment, and they may introduce unaltered price tags as evidence of value, according to an analysis from The Dameron Law Firm. Separately, Texas Penal Code § 31.03(e)(4)(D) automatically elevates theft of property valued under $2,500 to a state jail felony carrying 180 days to two years if the defendant has two or more prior theft convictions, per an explanation from Saputo Toufexis.
Added Felony Exposure From the Hit-and-Run Warrant
The hit-and-run warrant adds a separate and serious layer of criminal exposure. Under Texas Transportation Code § 550.021, a driver involved in a personal injury collision who fails to stop and render aid faces up to five years in state prison for general injuries, or up to ten years as a third-degree felon if the crash caused serious bodily injury, according to FindLaw.
Porter's case has drawn attention as part of a broader local debate over how Harris County handles repeat felony offenders who continue committing crimes while released on bail. Kahan has recently proposed a new Texas law dubbed “continuous felony theft,” which would classify three felony theft convictions within a single year as a third-degree felony carrying two to 10 years in prison, a push detailed in Hoodline's earlier reporting on repeat Houston theft offenders. In a separate Harris County case last month, court documents showed another suspect accused of stealing from Ulta, Sephora, and Lululemon had her probation terminated early three times under “unsatisfactory” rulings by a district judge, despite prosecutor objections and active warrants in Fort Bend County.
For now, the most pressing open question is where Porter is. The Harris County Sheriff's Office is asking anyone with information on her whereabouts to come forward as investigators continue searching for the woman accused of leaving a 15-year-old injured on the side of the road.
