Harris County Treasurer Dr. Carla Wyatt is facing renewed scrutiny after her second DWI arrest in two years, months after a separate burglary case was no-billed by a grand jury.
Newly obtained bodycam footage shows Conroe Judge William Waggoner during his DWI arrest, including his responses to officers and sobriety tests before later pleading guilty.
The Conroe Municipal Court Judge arrested last month on a driving while intoxicated charge declined to answer questions about his criminal history as he walked in to a campaign meet-and-greet event for justice of the peace in precinct one.
During the New Year's holiday, Montgomery County law enforcement arrested 49 individuals for driving while intoxicated as part of an enforcement effort to prevent impaired driving.
As police increase DWI enforcement, a Houston mother remembers her teen daughter killed by a drunk driver and urges others to make the right choice.
Court documents reveal the Conroe Judge was arrested a second time during his probation in 2018.
Conroe Municipal Court Judge William Waggoner has released a statement following his arrest and charges of driving while intoxicated and unlawful carrying of a weapon.
Montgomery Police Department arrested Judge William Waggoner last week for driving while under the influence and according to a search warrant, he told the officer to 'be aware that he is a judge.'
On one of the year’s most notorious nights for drunk driving, Harris County Precinct 4 Constable deputies hit the streets Wednesday night, working to prevent tragedy before the Thanksgiving holiday.
The Wednesday before Thanksgiving, known nationally as “Blackout Wednesday,” has earned a grim reputation as the drunkest day of the year on roads around the country.
Court documents have revealed more details about former NFL star Adrian Peterson’s arrest in Sugar Land on DWI and weapons charges.
A Houston police officer was injured early Saturday morning after a pickup truck crashed into his patrol vehicle while he was assisting with traffic control on the North Freeway.
A driver appeared in court Monday morning after being accused of killing two people while driving under the influence.
A Houston postal worker was killed after a pickup truck struck his mail vehicle Saturday morning. The driver, Jose Humberto Romero, was arrested for intoxication manslaughter under a new Texas law upgrading penalties for repeat DWI offenders.
With Labor Day weekend marking the unofficial end of summer, Houston-area law enforcement agencies are teaming up once again to keep impaired drivers off the roads.
Despite how severe the crash looked, police said the suspected drunk driver and the person in the van he crashed into did not suffer any injuries and declined to be taken to the hospital.
The driver of a vehicle involved in a police pursuit has been charged with two counts with murder after his car struck another vehicle and caused a fiery crash.
Authorities are investigating a deadly crash in southwest Houston, where one driver is being questioned for possibly driving while intoxicated early Saturday morning.
A man was charged with a DWI after reportedly ramming his vehicle into a tree and fleeing the scene in Harris County on Monday, according to Constable Terry Allbritton’s Office.
”You will not get compassion, you won’t get a second chance if you commit this crime, because I have been on too many scenes where people lose their lives because of this," DA Sean Teare said during a news conference.
Court records showed Donald Carson, 55, had been arrested at least twice (in 2003 and 1993) before he was arrested over the weekend for causing a deadly crash that claimed a 3-year-old's life.
A man was put in handcuffs Sunday night after police believe he was driving drunk when he hit a woman with his car in Downtown Houston.
A 14-year-old cyclist had a close call in northwest Houston when he was struck by a vehicle driven by Jamarcus Jefferson, who was later charged with DWI and failure to stop and render aid.
A man is now in custody after his reckless actions behind the wheel led to a very swift arrest by law enforcement officials.
Constable Mark Herman said a drunk driver crashed into a mailbox and a house in Spring while the snow fell across the Houston area.
A Houston woman, Maggie Anne Louise Weber, has been charged with intoxication manslaughter after allegedly killing Lee Rodgers, who was changing a tire on the Katy Freeway.
A Texas DPS trooper is making a promising recovery in the hospital after he was hit by a suspected drunk driver in northwest Harris County .
Authorities say the driver hit the DPS trooper and kept on going for at least a block before getting out of their car and trying to take off on foot.
Harris County Judge Kelli Johnson, who recently faced a driving while intoxicated charge, appeared in court Tuesday. Her lawyer revealed that a breath test showed no alcohol in her system, attributing the incident to a medical episode. Johnson, known for her work on high-profile cases like the AJ Armstrong trial, seeks privacy as she addresses her health. What are your thoughts on this development?
The Houston Police Department (HPD) DWI Task Force, in collaboration with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Texas Department of Public Safety, Harris County District Attorney’s Office, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), has announced a joint initiative to combat drunk driving.
A woman was critically injured and later stabilized after being ejected from a vehicle in a crash at the intersection of FM-2100 and Stroker in Crosby early Friday morning.
The heart-stopping video shows the horrific moment a former American Airlines cargo worker hit two cyclists near the airport last week. WARNING! This video may be disturbing to watch.
Houston PD Lt. Willkens said a woman he described as "highly intoxicated" sideswiped another vehicle and when that driver confronted her, she started shooting at them through her vehicle.
A Montogomery County mother shared a heartbreaking story with the community in an effort to highlight the dangers of teenage drunk driving as summer break begins.’
The arresting officer noted in his report he smelled alcohol on Harris Co. deputy Dennis Palmer and found a can of White Claw that was “cold to the touch.” Palmer claimed he drank that White Claw “ four days before the crash” but admitted “he had taken Adderall and Gabapentin.”
Fort Bend County is enforcing a "No Refusal" weekend to crack down on impaired drivers.
A woman accused of driving while intoxicated was arrested for street racing and then leading deputy constables on a high-speed chase near the Gulf Freeway Sunday, the Harris County Precinct 8 Constable’s Office said.
Mindy Red adorns 10 Christmas trees on her front lawn. She isn’t messing with decorations but instead fixing pictures of drunk driving victims.
In honor of National Impaired Driving Prevention Month, KPRC 2′s Amy Davis and Haley Hernandez were able to speak with a League City couple whose daughter was killed in a crash involving a drunk driver in 2017.
A repeat drunk driver has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for killing two Galveston teens in a crash in 2022, Galveston County District Attorney Jack Roady announced Monday.
A woman has been arrested, accused of driving intoxicated with her unrestrained infant in the car on the Katy Freeway in west Houston.
An officer with the Houston Police Department was arrested for driving while intoxicated Thursday, the department confirmed.
This Labor Day weekend, law enforcement agencies across the Houston area are teaming up to protect Houstonians from unsafe drivers. Harris County Precinct One Constables are collaborating with multiple agencies to find and arrest intoxicated drivers on the roads.
A man who was convicted before for driving while intoxicated has been arrested again, this time for driving impaired while children were inside his vehicle, Constable Mark Herman’s Office said
A mother has been charged after being accused of driving while intoxicated with her children inside the vehicle following a two-vehicle crash, according to Harris County Constable Pct. 4 deputies
A repeat DWI offender is accused of driving while intoxicated with his 5-year-old child inside the vehicle on Friday, according to Constable Mark Herman’s Office.
A Houston man was sentenced to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing his 6-year-old stepdaughter in a 2021 crash where he was driving while intoxicated, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Friday.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, Harris County Constables, the Texas Department of Public Safety, American Automobile Association (AAA) and Mothers Against Drunk Driving have joined forces ahead of the Memorial Day holiday weekend to crack down on drunk drivers across the county.
The woman accused of hitting and killing a man who was walking on a sidewalk in Montrose has apparently already violated her bond, according to the Harris County District Clerk’s Office.
Charges may be upgraded against the suspected drunk driver accused of hitting and killing a Katy man who was on his way home from the Taylor Swift concert Friday night.
A woman who was previously convicted of driving while intoxicated with a child passenger has been charged with the same crime again following multiple crashes in northwest Harris County, according to Constable Mark Herman’s Office.
A man accused of driving while intoxicated is in custody after leading authorities on a chase before a rollover crash that injured his 3-year-old child on the East Freeway Friday, the Houston Police Department said.
Charges have been filed against a 23-year-old man who was driving a vehicle that a woman, somehow, managed to climb out of as it was traveling on the North Freeway Sunday night. That action led to the woman’s death, according to Houston police.
A man who was out on bond for a DWI was arrested and charged again after deputies say he was caught driving intoxicated with three children in the car.
A Houston man with five prior convictions for driving while intoxicated was sentenced this week to 35 years in prison for killing another driver in a drunken driving crash in 2018, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Saturday.
A woman suspected of driving while intoxicated was taken into custody after crashing into an H&B Block store in southwest Houston Thursday, officers with the Houston Police Department said.
A repeat DWI offender has been given probation again for driving around Houston’s streets while under the influence of alcohol, according to court documents.
An investigation is underway after a DWI suspect struck a police officer and a suspect accused in a hit-and-run incident during a chase in southwest Houston Tuesday, officers with the Houston Police Department said.
A Houston police officer was suspended for 10 days for mishandling a pedestrian crash investigation that killed a man while he was running in the Heights earlier this year, according to an internal department memo obtained by Axios Houston.
A deputy who was injured in a crash caused by a suspected drunk driver told good Samaritans who arrived at the scene to help the driver of the other vehicle rather than checking on him, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
An investigation is underway after a suspected drunk driver fatally struck a man at a bus stop Friday, officers with the Houston Police Department said.
Eighteen undocumented immigrants residing in the Houston area who have previously been convicted of driving while intoxicated have since been apprehended, according to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston Field Office
A man has been arrested after authorities said he was operating a jetski while intoxicated on Sunday.
Authorities in Shenandoah have charged a man with a DWI after he reportedly crashed into a light pole off I-45.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office will announce its multi-agency DWI initiative ahead of the Fourth of July weekend.
45-year-old Maribel Altuntas has been arrested and charged with a DWI after deputies say she rammed into a daycare after a night of drinking Thursday.
45-year-old Maribel Altuntas has been arrested and charged with a DWI after deputies say she rammed into a daycare after a night of drinking Thursday.
As Ortiz was being taken to jail, she attempted to bribe the deputy by offering him “sexual acts and cash in exchange to be let go,” authorities reported.
One driver has died and another is facing charges after a crash in north Houston Friday, deputies with Harris County Sheriff’s Office said.
A woman is in custody after leading Houston police officers on a chase Wednesday while a child was in the backseat, authorities said.
A chain reaction crash caused by a wrong-way driver on the Gulf Freeway early Monday led to one man’s death and another man being charged, according to Houston police.
Police said a 28-year-old woman has died after being ejected from a pickup truck in a crash in northwest Houston Thursday.
A spokesperson for the Houston Police Department said a sergeant and his wife, who is also an HPD officer, have both been relieved of duty pending the outcome of an internal investigation after a DWI incident in Friendswood.
The holiday season is meant to be spent with family and friends, but according to law enforcement officials, it can also be one of the most dangerous times of the year starting the night before Thanksgiving.
More parties, more outings and more fun doesn’t mean anyone should be driving irresponsibly. Harris County reportedly has the highest concentration of impaired driving fatalities in the entire state of Texas.
A mother has been charged with felony murder after causing a crash that killed her 4-year-old daughter and injured four other children early Sunday, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
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Over the last decade, the yearly numbers in Harris County for DWI-related fatalities have been near the top of the list nationwide. In fact, HPD’s DWI Task Force supervisor Sgt. Don Egdorf points to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration stats, which show Houston leading the nation in 2019 with 155 DWI fatal crashes. The number topped Los Angeles County at 154, even though their population is double the size of Harris County.
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Rosahura Alecio of northwest Harris County said she has been forced to relive a tragedy after Saturday’s arrest of 61-year-old Donna Kurtz.
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HOUSTON – A woman accused of driving while intoxicated is in custody after a deadly accident Friday, police said. Police said the victim, a woman, was crossing Westheimer near Stoney Brook just after 1 a.m. when she was hit. The victim, who investigators said was not in a crosswalk area, died at the scene. Officers said the driver was arrested after failing her sobriety test.
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