An Arlington, Texas, woman who included a young child in her explicit videos was sentenced to five years in prison on Wednesday. The Waxahachie Daily Light reports that Miranda Renea Kelso, 25, will serve two years in jail for indecency with a child by exposure and three years for indecency with a child. The two sentences will run …
A video reportedly shows a woman in the back of a police SUV slip off her handcuffs before allegedly taking Texas officers on a 23-minute high-speed chase. KTRE reports that the Lufkin Police Department released the footage on Tuesday. The video supposedly shows Toscha Fay Sponsler, 33, who was accused of shoplifting from Ulta and fleeing from …
Two Illinois men drove close to a thousand miles in an RV full of supplies for Hurricane Harvey victims in Texas when a Vidor officer demanded that they leave. A Facebook video posted by James Hartwell captured the incident on Saturday, when Jared Kirkendoll and Scott Green drove the large RV past an officer standing to …
A Texas mom passed away on Tuesday after trying to save her 3-year-old daughter during the massive flooding of Hurricane Harvey. USA Today reports that authorities found the unidentified woman inside a canal with an infant in Beaumont. Apparently, the woman’s vehicle got stuck while driving with her daughter along an I-10 service road. She pulled …
A family of six likely drowned in their van Sunday afternoon while trying to escape floods caused by Hurricane Harvey. Relatives told KHOU that four children, Daisy Saldivar, 6, Xavier Saldivar, 8, Dominic Saldivar, 14, Devy Saldivar, 16, and their great-grandparents, Manuel Saldivar, 84, and wife Belia Saldivar, 81, perished Sunday. Witnesses told the local station that the van …
Police have arrested a Houston, Texas, woman after she allegedly drove drunk and caused her 7-year-old son to be ejected from her vehicle last month, as reported by Click2Houston. Authorities report that Edith Abrego, 29, is facing murder charges following the crash which killed the child. In addition to Jody Rodriguez’ death, Abrego and her 6-year-old son …
A West Texas A&M University police officer is dead two weeks after being bit by a feral cat while on duty, as reported by Chron. Corporal Monty Dale Platt, 47, died Tuesday after having an adverse reaction to an anti-infection medication prescribed to him after suffering the bite. According to the Amarillo Globe-News, Platt was …
Police said a newborn girl was left outside a Harris County, Texas, apartment building less than an hour after being born, according to Click2Houston. Neighbor Albert Peterson allegedly found the child Thursday morning while on the way to work. The man said he originally thought the noise he heard was a cat. “She was there …
A Baytown, Texas, woman is facing felony charges after authorities allegedly connected her to two road rage incidents. La Porte police said a motorist’s son possibly photographed Amanda Downs, 25, aiming a handgun while driving on Highway 225. The Houston Chronicle noted that this was the second road rage incident occurring at the same location and time …
A Texas woman who wrote she was “seriously done” with the legal way of dealing with reported abuse issues, was arrested on Friday in connection with her former husband’s disappearance, who authorities feel is likely deceased. New York Post reports that Kristen Anne Dean Jennings, 28, of San Angelo, took to Facebook last Sunday and ranted …
A Texas woman is facing felony drug charges after Austin authorities pulled her over on July 12 while driving down the highway with a large amount of “liquid meth” in her car. Austin Statesman reports that police pulled over Seline Ayala, 22, of Laredo, after spotting her driving a 2013 Dodge Avenger a little over the 60 mph …
An El Paso police officer is facing a felony charge after his infant son drowned while in his care last month. KXAN reports that Raymond Licon Jr., 27, was off-duty on June 20, and watching his two children at home when he got into an altercation with his estranged wife via text messages and phone calls. He …
