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VIA KHOU.com: HOUSTON – A quick-thinking neighbor helped thwart a couple of criminals attempting to steal thousands of dollars worth of roofing materials from a southwest Houston home, according to Houston police. Police said a resident noticed two men taking shingles off the roof of a house on Belle Park at Corona around 11:30 p.m. […]
Addressing the media outside a Houston courtroom Monday, local activist Quanell X questioned whether a woman accused of capital murder in the abduction and death of a 12-year-old Houston boy acted alone. Mona Nelson,44, appeared in court to hear her rights Monday morning. Prosecutors say she kidnapped, killed and dumped the burned body of Jonathan […]
HOUSTON—Like many police departments across the U.S., HPD Chief Charles McClelland and city leaders have been forced to make significant budget cuts. And the new HPD budget, finalized two weeks ago, will mean fewer officers on the street. 11 News analyzed the new budget and found that overtime – normally used to fill vacant shifts […]
From the BBC: A man carrying bags containing more than 70 dead babies has been arrested in Nigeria. He was employed by the Lagos University Teaching Hospital to take the corpses to a cemetery. The worker was allegedly trying to dump the corpses as he could not afford burial fees. A hospital spokesman said it […]
// From the Chicago Tribune: Anthony Kyser didn’t have money for the tubes of toothpaste he stuffed in his jacket before he walked out of a Little Village CVS store Saturday morning. He paid with his life, instead. Chased out of the store and down a litter-strewn alley shortly before 11 a.m., the 35-year-old unemployed […]
From My Fox DC: WASHINGTON – A young college student claims she was shot by a man because she refused to give him her phone number. The young woman, whose identity has been protected, told police she was leaving a party in southeast Washington early Sunday when a man asked for her number. Text continues […]
VIA KHOU: A 16-year-old allegedly attacked by eight Houston police officers says he was beaten so badly he blacked out. Police arrested Chad Holly in the 8400 block of Cook Road on March 24. A security camera at Uncle Bob’s Self Storage captured the alleged beating on video. In an exclusive interview with 11 News […]
Via ABCLOCALGO.com: Houston police are trying to figure out who killed a husband and wife in their southwest Houston apartment. Their bodies were found by their daughter Tuesday afternoon. Police say the couple was killed execution style, which if true, would make this more than a random killing. In front of the couple’s apartment, where […]
The weather has taken a turn for the better in the past couple of days and most people have been enjoying the sun but not residents on the Southside of Chicago. In just a matter of two days a total of 41 people have been shot, which includes 4 deaths, in 31 different incidents. “Between […]