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A Texas family pleaded guilty to participating in a multi-million dollar human smuggling and money laundering operation, moving migrants and laundering over $2 million.
Enrique Amador Garcia, 34, was arrested and charged with the capital murder of Carlos Govea Resendiz in Houston.
A woman was killed and three men were critically wounded in a shooting during a street fight on Love Street in Houston; police are investigating the incident.
Deputies arrested Durrell Holmes for burglary after reports of vehicle break-ins in Champion Terrace; he's charged with stealing a credit card and license.
Local authorities in Houston raided an illegal game room on Huffmeister Road, seizing gambling devices and cash, and arresting two employees for possession of gambling devices and cocaine.
A 10-year-old boy is in critical condition after being shot during an altercation in Harris County. The shooter is unidentified, and the investigation is ongoing.
A 67-year-old Mexican man pleads guilty to gun-running, facing up to 10 years in U.S. prison after his arrest for smuggling an arsenal across the border.
A McAllen man with a prior sex assault conviction was sentenced to 180 months in prison for uploading child pornography to his Google accounts and ordered to pay restitution to the victims.
Three Texas men were sentenced for a fatal 2012 home invasion in which they attempted to steal over 100 kilograms of marijuana, resulting in one death.
Two men from Mission were sentenced for cocaine trafficking after being caught in a sting operation by the DEA and are set to serve 120 and 96 months in prison.
A man was struck and killed by a Volkswagen Jetta in Houston, with police investigating the incident and the driver, who initially fled, has been questioned and released.
A Chinese national was sentenced to 12 years for possessing child pornography, including a video of a very young child. He pleaded guilty and will face strict post-release conditions and likely deportation.
Houston tax preparer Lynettia Profit was sentenced to over a year in prison for tax fraud causing a $300K loss to the government and must pay restitution.
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