Harris County will host a free Clean Slate Day on Sept. 26 at Fallbrook Church to help residents aged 18–30 expunge certain Class A and B misdemeanor records that were dismissed or resulted in acquittal.
Harris County leaders are set to announce funding for an independent review of the fatal ICE shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo last month.
The Baytown Police Department is investigating allegations an officer improperly used the Flock Safety camera system. The Harris County DA's Office is assisting.
Police and prosecutors say viral confrontations may expose suspected offenders, but evidence gathered by civilian groups often fails to meet the legal standards needed for prosecution.
Houston police and state officials raided La Toxica Strip Club in east Houston after months of complaints about illegal activities, including prostitution, narcotics use, and unlawful alcohol sales.
A Harris County judge issued a gag order restricting public statements by attorneys and others involved in the capital murder case against Lee Gilley, who is accused of killing his pregnant wife and fleeing to Italy.
A man was critically injured after being shot by his son during a fight at a Houston gas station Friday night, according to police.
Judge Peyton Peebles has ordered the forfeiture of Lee Gilley’s $1 million bond after Gilley fled to Italy before his capital murder trial, initiating the process for the state to recover the bond from the bonding company and co-signers.
The Harris County District Attorney's office has issued new guidance stating it will not accept charges for individuals found with vape pens suspected of containing THC due to limitations in current lab testing, which cannot determine the origin or precise concentration of THC in the liquid.
The man accused in one of Houston’s most haunting cold cases has died before he could face justice in court.
After nearly three years in jail—and just before his trial was set to begin—the Harris County District Attorney’s Office dismissed the murder case against 50-year-old James London on April 10, citing one reason: it could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
A Harris County grand jury has returned a capital murder indictment against a suspect in one of Houston’s most haunting cold cases, more than three decades after two young people were found brutally killed in west Houston.
A woman was killed and her husband injured after a firearm accidentally discharged inside a southeast Harris County home Saturday night, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
A Harris County Sheriff’s deputy who was shot with his own gun by a three-year-old family member will not face charges.
The Harris County District Attorney’s Office has asked Texas’ highest criminal court to block a new hearing in the A.J. Armstrong case, arguing the appellate court exceeded its authority in ordering a possible retrial in the 2023 double-murder conviction.
Nearly two years after his conviction, Antonio “AJ” Armstrong Jr.’s legal fight is far from over. The Houston man, found guilty of killing his parents, Dawn and Antonio Armstrong Sr. in 2016, is now preparing for an upcoming appeals hearing that could determine whether he gets a new trial or a chance at freedom.
The meetings come weeks after 2 Investigates exposed finger pointing between the DA’s office and the Texas Rangers as to whether or not anyone was investigating the sworn complaints made by at least ten parents.
When we asked Ann Eagleton how many times the DA’s office had contacted her since filing a report, Eagleton made a gesture with her hand and said, “Zero times.”
Texans quarterback gives back with foundation at Back to School event partnering with Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, District Attorney Sean Teare, City Controller Chris Hollins, other community leaders
Hotze, who was indicted under former District Attorney Kim Ogg, was alleged to have been involved in the case of an air conditioning repairman being pulled over and held at gunpoint because of a former Houston Police Officer, Mark Aguirre.
The search for Eric Brown, who is wanted for sexual assault at the University of Houston has now gone on for more than 10 days after he was mistakenly released 24 hours after he was arrested.
Authorities are searching for a man accused of sexually assaulting a University of Houston (UH) student at knifepoint after he was released from custody due to insufficient evidence at the time of his arrest.
On Monday we first exposed a $2-million dollar “key action” listed in the 2024-2025 budget consisting of an “Ask voters for a bond election in November 2024.” What we uncovered was that HISD used nearly $1.4 million dollars to hire a consulting group that specializes in communications, governmental relations and campaigns. Ultimately the district posted social media videos with the words “RENEW HISD” at the end of the highly produced thirty-second videos.
The State Bar of Texas’ website said Teare was not eligible to practice law, but hours later it changed. When asked, Teare’s team, told KPRC 2 Investigates it was a misunderstanding.
It’s a New Year, and Harris County has a new District Attorney; Sean Teare was officially sworn in a minute after midnight on New Year’s night.
Many might be wondering why wasn’t anyone thinking of the children when they conducted this million-dollar teaching certificate scheme; or what are the children thinking about all this?
Teare previously served as Division Chief of the Vehicular Crimes for the DA’s Office before he resigned in February 2023 and announced during his candidacy his mission to create a more empathetic justice system.
Investigators say Aaron Holt was indicted by a grand jury after he was accused of contacting a witness in a domestic violence case to get a victim to drop the charges.
Jocelyn Nungaray's case has certainly rocked the Houston community and both her accused killers are charged with capital murder. Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg shares how prosecutors are working to bring justice to her family.
Prosecutors say Erika Miranda-Alvarez was pregnant around the same time as her friend, Carolina Flores, but after she suffered a miscarriage, killed her friend and kidnapped her baby to try and raise it as her own.
Prosecutors called Erique Howard’s behavior heinous as it all began with setting up meetings with women in his Pleasantville neighborhood he’d met online and then raping them. “He chose to be a predator near his home in Pleasantville because he knew how to hide in the woods in that area and he knew where to take the women to commit his crimes."
In Harris County, voters had cast their ballot in the District Attorney race during the March 5, 2024 primary elections.
Stuart Fraser White, a 66-year-old man who was working as a chiropractor but was not licensed in Texas, was sentenced on Tuesday by a judge after a jury found him guilty of super aggravated sexual assault of a child under the age of six during a 14-day jury trial that ended in December.
A man who was shot by a Houston police officer in northeast Houston after reaching for a gun while he was asked to get out of his vehicle has been charged, authorities said.
A 37-year-old woman accused of fatally stabbing a teen on her way to work in the Galleria area appeared in court Wednesday.
A Houston man who killed three people and robbed two others during a week-long crime spree in north Houston in 2018 was sentenced to five life sentences and $20,000 in fines Tuesday, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced.
A financial administrator who embezzled more than $1 million from the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Tuesday.
The Harris County District Attorney’s Office is joining local law enforcement agencies Thursday to introduce a new initiative that will promote crosswalk safety and protect pedestrians and cyclists.
A habitual offender and sex trafficker from Houston was sentenced to 35 years in prison after being convicted of forcing a 15-year-old girl into prostitution in 2019, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Wednesday.
A Houston man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after he was convicted of murdering a stranger in Independence Heights in 2021, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced.
Since 2017, nearly 15,000 cases in Harris County have been diverted away from the juvenile court system, according to data released by the county. This work has been executed through diversion programs throughout Houston.
The Texas Center for Justice and Equity, a group dedicated to ending “mass incarceration,” has crunched the numbers for dismissals and not guilty verdicts. The results, in many crime categories, show shockingly low conviction rates for the Harris County District Attorney’s Office in 2022.
A 21-year-old Galena Park man was sentenced on Tuesday for murder after placing a body in a car that was pushed into Hunting Bayou, according to a press release from Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg.
A 61-year-old man “career criminal” accused of fatally shooting a nightclub owner in 2018 was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced.
A Houston mother who drowned her two children, ages 5 and 7, and then hid their bodies under a neighbor’s house in 2016 pleaded guilty to two counts of murder on Monday in exchange for 40 years in prison, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said.
A man was sentenced to 35 years in prison for killing his then-classmate for $250 during a gun transfer in northeast Houston, according to Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg on Thursday.
A Houston woman has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to murder last week in the stabbing death of her 4-year-old daughter, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Tuesday.
A documented member of the Gangster Disciples, an infamous street gang that also operates in prison, was sentenced by a judge this week to 25 years for murder, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced.
A man who has spent the past four decades in prison for a crime he says he never committed was back in court Wednesday, surrounded by family and advocates, hoping for his exoneration.
Two men were sentenced this week to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing a friend they got in a fight with in 2021, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced.
A man who was shot in the face during a home invasion that left the homeowner dead has been sentenced to 30 years in prison, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Tuesday.
A Houston man who was convicted of fatally shooting his fiancée just three days after proposing to her was sentenced to life in prison, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Thursday.
A Virginia man who was convicted of killing his Houston girlfriend after finding out she was pregnant with twins was sentenced to life in prison without parole, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Thursday.
A Houston man was sentenced to 45 years in prison for allegedly shooting an 8-year-old in the knee during an argument in Houston’s Third Ward in 2019, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said.
Several people are in custody after Harris County sheriff’s deputies conducted a raid on an illegal game room in north Harris County Friday, investigators said.
A 22-year-old Houston man arrested for being a “prolific” con artist has been sentenced to eight years in prison for fraud and forgery, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said Wednesday.
The second of two men responsible for the 2018 drive-by shooting death of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for murder, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Thursday.
A Houston man who confessed to two murders after being arrested for rape has pleaded guilty to all three crimes in exchange for a sentence of 65 years in prison, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Thursday.
A 38-year-old Houston man who raped a woman after using the internet to lure her to a motel has been sentenced to 37 years in prison, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Tuesday.
In a Wednesday morning tweet posted by Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, the 31-year-old made it clear that she expects to face criminal charges in an ongoing investigation involving the Texas Rangers and the Harris County District Attorney’s Office.
“This death is another tragic reminder of how volatile domestic violence can be,” Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said. “Unfortunately, sometimes the person closest to us poses the greatest risk to our well-being. The facts of this matter are terribly troubling and heartbreaking.”
A former security guard who hunted and killed women in remote east Harris County has pleaded guilty, according to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office.
The woman accused of orchestrating the triple murder of a southwest Houston family appeared before a judge Monday morning. A representative from the Harris County District Attorney's Office talks about an 11-year-old girl who survived the shooting, detailing what she endured and the justice that is being sought.
The Harris County District Attorneys’ office announced a new partnership with area universities and colleges to help provide access to services for students and survivors of sexual assault.
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HOUSTON – The Harris County District Attorney dismissed nearly 800 cases against protesters who were arrested during marches against police brutality in the past three weeks. DA Kim Ogg announced that prosecutors dismissed 796 cases after conducting a review that divided the cases into two groups — those who sought to do harm to others and property and those arrested for simple civil disobedience. The cases dismissed were for non-violent misdemeanor offenses, mostly obstructing a highway and trespassing. Only 51 adults and one juvenile now remain charged with active cases, which include 35 misdemeanor charges and 19 felony charges. “The only people I will be prosecuting are those who intentionally hurt others and intentionally destroy property.”
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HOUSTON – A former Cypress-Fairbanks ISD police officer was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to raping a 12-year-old girl from Deer Park last year. “He promised to protect and serve one of our most vulnerable populations and instead, he exploited and violated a young girl. It also means the young girl will not be victimized again by having to take the witness stand to testify against her attacker. Authorities say after Bastida met the girl on the “Meet Me” app, he sent an Uber to pick her up in Deer Park and take her to Cypress on October 1, 2018. Authorities say surveillance video at the motel also showed Batista and the girl walking to the room.
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