Houston Police Officer Killed, Another Injured In Helicopter Crash
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said the helicopter was called to help with a search for bodies in a nearby bayou, prompted by a tip that may have been "bogus."
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Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said the helicopter was called to help with a search for bodies in a nearby bayou, prompted by a tip that may have been "bogus."
There's video making the rounds on the internet showing a police officer helping a group of ducklings find their mom at a park in Texas.
Sixty-nine additional people may have been convicted on false evidence by the former Houston officer at the center of a botched drug raid that killed two people, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Acevedo said that when the officers tried to warn the man away, he took off and unzipped his backpack, reached inside and raised the pack toward officers shouting, "I've got something for you."
Attorneys for 64-year-old Otis Mallet allege Gerald Goines lied in trial testimony about buying crack cocaine from their client in April 2008 and failed to disclose evidence that would have benefited Mallet's case.
North Texas will be represented Thursday morning at the funeral of fallen officer Christopher Brewster in Houston.
Everyone knows the Grinch was caught stealing a family's Christmas tree, well a couple of thieves had the same thing on their minds when they went to a lot in Texas.
Houston Police released surveillance video and a composite sketch Wednesday afternoon which they hope can help lead to the suspects who shot and killed a man who was trying to protect his wife.
A police officer in Houston is out of surgery and recovering after being shot by one of four men who also allegedly carjacked several people and physically beat a priest.
Gerald Goines was arrested last week in the killings of 58-year-old Rhogena Nicholas and 59-year-old Dennis Tuttle during the raid in which several officers were injured.
A former Houston police officer has been charged with felony murder in connection with a deadly January drug raid that killed a couple and injured several officers, prosecutors announced Friday.
One of two men facing capital murder charges in the drive-by shooting death of a 7-year-old Houston girl is out on bond.
The autopsy report also said benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine, was found in 58-year-old Rhogena Nicholas' bloodstream.
A Houston police sergeant has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his wife who was an elementary school librarian, police said.
A bill preventing people who aren't qualified to own dangerous big cats such as tigers, lions, leopards and cougars was reintroduced to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Friends and family members angrily dismiss allegations that a Texas couple, shot and killed during a police raid of their home, was selling drugs and fired on officers to defend their illicit business.
Chief Art Acevedo said during a news conference Friday, the investigator falsely claimed in the affidavit that an informant obtained heroin from the home.
A tiger found in an abandoned Houston home by residents wanting to smoke marijuana has found a new home.
According to police, they received an anonymous call about a tiger being found at an abandoned house after the callers said they were going to smoke marijuana there.
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo gave some encouraging news Wednesday morning about the latest conditions of the injured officers after a shooting wounded five of them.
A 61-year-old Texas inmate was set to be executed Wednesday for killing a Houston police officer more than three decades ago.
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo described the officer as a "teddy bear" and a "strong ox" who is "tough as nails."
Five Houston police officers were injured, two of them critically, in a shooting Monday while trying to serve a drug warrant in the southeast part of the city.
Four Houston police officers were shot -- two were critically injured -- while serving a drug warrant in the southeast part of the city.
Houston Police said four officers were struck by bullets and a fifth officer suffered a knee injury following an encounter with drug suspects. Three officers are in stable condition, two in critical.
