texas crime

Texas DPS arrested 18 suspects and rescued two victims, including one child, after dismantling a massive human trafficking ring in West Texas.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Laredo, Texas, arrested 70-year-old Roberto Gallegos Hernandez, who was wanted since 1987 for aggravated sexual assault of a child.

The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office arrested four people in connection with the alleged abuse and torture of a 12-year-old girl. The investigation included ICE, which arrested two male suspects.

A Lubbock man is facing 13 serious charges and a $1 million bond after allegedly opening fire on an off-duty police officer's car while the officer's family was inside.

A man in Lubbock was shot in the head after an argument escalated, yet miraculously survived and drove himself to safety.

Texas DPS has named 52-year-old Ismael Arias, a convicted child sex offender from Cuba, as its November Featured Fugitive. Arias is wanted out of Harris County after failing to meet his sex offender registry requirements.

A 16-year-old Lubbock cold case—the 2009 murder of Christopher Perez—is finally closed. Police used DNA to identify the killer, Javier Pando, but a stunning twist revealed the Mexican national had died sometime after the crime.

A year-long investigation just exposed a shocking human trafficking network, stretching from Cuba right to our doorstep in West Texas.