A 33-year-old man was arrested for public intoxication and died in a Houston police jail about eight hours after being arrested. The man was arrested after he caused a disturbance on Houston's west side around 1:30 a.m. He was charged also with resisting arrest. After the man's booking, police placed him in a jail cell [...]
The man who has been accused of a deadly road-rage attack along a highway in Oklahoma has been identified as a man from Pasadena, Texas. Jeremy Doss Hardy has been accused of killing two people in a series of shootings in western Oklahoma. While Hardy grew up in Pasadena, Texas, he had most recently been [...]
Peggy Phillips of Deer Park, Texas has been charged with sexual assault of her nephew by Pasadena police. The acts allegedly began in 2009 when Phillips' nephew was 16 years old. The victim is now 22 and claims that he had sex with Phillips hundreds of times. The two moved in together, and according to [...]
One person was injured in a helicopter crash in the Lake Jackson area. The crash occurred in a field near the Brazoria County Military Museum. The preliminary cause of the crash has been deemed to be mechanical failure of some type. The crash took place on County Road 223 at FM 2004. The Department of [...]
Construction workers were robbed at gunpoint in southeast Houston in two separate incidents. Several construction workers were in a development on Dawn View Lane Sunday when four men ran out of a grassy area toward them. The robbers took cash and cell phones from the workers. Then Saturday the workers were at a development a [...]
If you drive in Deer Park and use your cell phone, you run the risk of receiving a $200 ticket. Deer Park Police began issuing tickets earlier this month in the range of $1 to $200 for each penalty. The citations are given when drivers use a cell phone and other electronic devices while driving. [...]
Three Brazilian prosecutors are saying that bribes were paid in the Petrobas Texas refinery deal. Brazilian police and prosecutors are investigating corruption, and they have evidence that bribes were paid as part of the state-run oil company's $1.2 billion purchase of Pasadena Refining Systems Inc in 2006. A federal prosecutor said Monday that bribes related [...]
An elderly school crossing guard in Pasadena, Texas claims he was attacked by a man after he asked him to turn down his loud music in a school zone. Bob McAteer, known as "Mr. Bob" to the parents and children he helps cross the street, said it was his lowest point since he started being [...]
Shell reported flooding Saturday afternoon in the chemical plant of its Deer Park, Texas petrochemical and refining complex. The flooding is a result of storms that dumped more than 8 inches of rain on the Deer Park area. A source said that there were no known problems at the Deer Park chemical plant as a [...]
A group of youth caused damage to a passing car in Pasadena, TX by Memorial Park. According to Pasadena police, just after 10 p.m. a woman was driving her vehicle going east near Memorial Park and Pasadena High School when two juveniles made a throwing motion toward her. After she saw the throwing motion, she [...]