A Precinct 3 deputy was fired and arrested after officials say he used state and national criminal databases for personal use. Authorities charged the deputy with misuse of official information and placed him in the county jail.

Harris County deputies say hundreds of images described as “child erotica” were seized in a Hockley search and 31-year-old Sergio Guel was arrested on a state-jail felony charge.

Eight students were safely rescued after the Iron Shark stalled near the top at Galveston's Pleasure Pier. Fire crews lowered riders one by one and no serious injuries were reported.

A driver died after a single-vehicle crash on the Gulf Freeway Thursday night in the 8900 block. Houston police say the Vehicular Crimes Division is investigating.

A man in his 20s was found shot to death at a Humble apartment Thursday night; a 17-year-old was detained while investigators work to determine a motive.

A man in his 20s was killed on South Kirkwood Road; Houston police arrested a suspect who remained at the scene. Homicide detectives continue to investigate.

A woman died after a morning stabbing at an apartment complex in Spring; deputies detained a suspect and the investigation remains active. Local deputies are processing the scene.

Houston police say 21-year-old Gary Johnson was arrested and charged with murder in the May 2 South Glen Drive shooting that killed 19-year-old Caleb Mitchell.

A New Orleans man pleaded guilty after an I-10 traffic stop near Beaumont turned up kilograms of meth and nearly 500 grams of fentanyl.

Houston firefighters used a ladder and Stokes basket to lift a man from the back of a garbage truck on Westheimer after a driver heard him screaming; investigators say the dumpster held cardboard and the reason he was inside is unclear.

Court records say Jeremy Christopher Ford is charged after an April 8 shooting at Confessions left rapper NBA Ben10 with a spine injury and paralysis. The new state count follows a federal firearms indictment and social‑media evidence cited by investigators.

Precinct 4 deputies say a standoff on Tomball Parkway ended peacefully after a suspect with open felony warrants surrendered. No injuries were reported.

Deputies with Harris County Precinct 4 say a man struck a deputy in Spring last Saturday and two people were arrested; one suspect had bond set at $30,000.