By RYAN TARINELLI, Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A white ex-police officer was convicted of murder Tuesday for fatally shooting an unarmed, black 15-year-old boy while firing into a car packed with teenagers in suburban Dallas, marking a rare guilty verdict in a police shooting case. Dallas County jurors were not swayed by Roy Oliver’s claim …
A Texas man and woman are behind bars and facing child neglect charges after police say they left their 11-year-old daughter home alone to travel cross-country to attend a concert in Detroit. The Houston Chronicle reports that John Guerrero, 48, and Virginia Yearnd, 39, arrived back to home in Houston on Monday and were promptly arrested …
A former Texas high school teacher who had an illicit, sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student was sentenced Thursday to 120 days behind bars. According to The Dallas Morning News, ex-Plano Senior High School algebra teacher Alaina Ferguson, 25, pleaded guilty to improper relationship between a teacher and a student and indecency with a child by …
A Texas sheriff’s deputy who has been jailed since June for allegedly sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl was found dead in his jail cell Monday of an apparent suicide. According to The New York Times, former Bexar County Deputy Jose S. Nunez, 37, was found dead in his cell at Karnes County Correctional Center at 5:45 …
A Texas father is facing capital murder charges for allegedly fatally stabbing his 16-month-old son Sunday afternoon in his apartment’s courtyard. According to The Dallas Morning News, neighbors watched in horror as a father slammed his son on the sidewalk and repeatedly stabbed him. The barbaric attack only stopped after a neighbor reportedly fired a …
A former physician was convicted earlier this month for the 2013 rape of a patient at Ben Taub Hospital in Houston. Despite their finding, jurors recommended no jail time for the defendant, who admitted having sex with the woman but claims it was consensual. According to the Houston Chronicle, Dr. Shafeeq Sheikh was found guilty …
Authorities in Texas say a couple is recovering from injuries after a brutal attempted robbery caught on video earlier this week. According to Fox News, the female victim exited her vehicle Friday to enter a Houston-area business. Her husband was already inside. Reports indicate the victims appeared to own the business. The woman is said …
A Texas mother was killed Monday after reportedly jumping in front of three children to shield them from a moving car near an elementary school parking lot. Per the El Paso Times, Roger Hawking, 58, was picking up his grandchildren from Mary N. Tippin Elementary’s parking lot when he was backing out of a space and hit …
The suspect allegedly left the bodies of his children on his bed, and called his wife to tell her he had left “a present” for her there
A Texas father who allegedly slit his two young children’s throats last week did so as they cried and begged for their lives. Court documents obtained by the Houston Chronicle stated that Anna-Belle Faith Ndossoka, 1, cried and Marcel Ndossoka, 8, said “Daddy, I’m sorry,” in the moments leading up to their deaths Saturday at father Jean …
More than a decade after Texas teen Roxanne Paltauf was first reported missing, authorities are still looking for clues about what happened to her. As CrimeFeed reported, the then-18-year-old was staying at a Budget Inn with her boyfriend on July 7, 2006 as they were set to celebrate their two-year anniversary. When the young woman …
Authorities in Texas say a woman killed her roommate and set their residence on fire following an argument over the victim’s text messages to the suspect’s former romantic partner. According to the Dallas Morning News 21-year-old Kristen Elizabeth Jones was arrested shortly after noon on Monday near Gainesville after spending the previous several hours searching …
