A credit card thief is thought to be responsible for thousands of dollars of fraudulent credit card transactions in Deer Park, Pasadena, Houston and La Porte. The Deer Park Police Department seeks input from the community to locate the suspect, who has reportedly stolen nearly $10,000 in the past months. The suspect attempts to [...]
Royal Dutch Shell PLC is preparing to shut down a catalytic reforming unit at its Deer Park refinery to make repairs on a leaky valve. The refinery said a leaky valve sprung Wednesday November 30 in its catalytic reforming unit 3, causing emissions that continued into Thursday, according to a statement made to the Texas Commission on [...]
Destiny Lynn Schulze, 19, Deer Park, Texas, was heading north on K-14 in Reno County, Kansas Saturday evening when the 2010 Toyota pickup she was driving drifted off the left edge of the road, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. A passenger, Hannah Alyese Hall, 19, of Harris, Texas, grabbed the steering wheel, causing the [...]
The Environmental Working Group, a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to protecting human health and the environment, analyzed federal data from nationwide drinking water tests conducted from 2013 to 2015. The study shows communities throughout the U.S. are contaminated with the toxin Chromium 6. Chromium 6 is a toxin made famous by the movie Erin Brockovich, [...]
A worker at a plant in Deer Park, Texas, suffered burns when liquid splashed on the individual. The incident occurred at the Delta Companies Group plant near the Pasadena Freeway and Tidal Road. According to the company, the worker was transferring a corrosive liquid when the liquid splashed. The employee was taken to the hospital [...]
A small benzene spill was reported during the afternoon of Friday, July 15. The spill occurred around noon at the Vopak Terminal Deer Park. Roughly 500 gallons of benzene spilled on a tanker while the boat was moored at the terminal in Deer Park, Texas. Only a small bit of the benzene reached the water. [...]
Last week a former neighbor confronted a Deer Park resident and then shot the victim five times before he fled in his truck. Starsky Valdez was arrested during a traffic stop the following day, and he is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Valdez's wife Chassidy insists that her husband opened fire at [...]
The 2016 Great Texas Warrant Round-Up (WRU) is coming on March 5. Throughout the state, 300 jurisdictions will engage in this annual law enforcement campaign. In addition to the Houston Police Department, other participants in the region include the following: Harris, Galveston, Fort Bend, Brazoria, Nueces, Waller and Wichita Counties. The purpose of the statewide [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]