A four-alarm fire in Houston on Thursday caused the release of hazardous materials as well as fireballs to shoot up in the sky. No injuries were reported at the warehouse. The inferno at A-1 Custom Packaging and Filling started just before 10 a.m. in the Spring Branch neighborhood. Police say that the fire started as [...]
Authorities are on the hunt for a man who was driving a white pickup truck when he hit and killed a pedestrian on Texas 249. He swiped another vehicle after hitting the man. Around 2:15 a.m. on Saturday a woman saw a man walking in the far right lane of the Texas 249 feeder road, [...]
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 [...]
Houston rapper Buggati was shot several times over the weekend in the Wonderland Gentleman's Club restroom. According to witnesses, the rapper was shot four times and the suspect immediately fled the scene. As soon as the shots were fired, many people fled the area, so it's been difficult for police to get an accurate description [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Pasadena Police Department conducted a prostitution sting last week, which resulted in 12 arrests. Pasadena investigators worked with an area motel to conduct the sting. Undercover officers arranged meetings at the motel; when the women arrived at the motel, often with male companions, they were arrested. Many of the male companions were also arrested. [...]
Two students are dead after a bus in Houston fell off an overpass Tuesday morning. Two female students who were on the bus were killed in the crash, and two male students and the bus driver were injured in the accident. The bus was carrying four students and was heading to Furr High School when [...]