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Texas City to address license plate reader concerns at special meeting
The Texas City Police Department is scheduled to give commissioners a report and presentation on automated license plate readers during a special called meeting at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Nessler Center....
Galveston County Sheriff's Office fires deputy after aggressive driving caught on video
Sheriff Jimmy Fullen terminated Deputy Carlos Ramos, who was off duty at the time of the incident, for policy violations after reviewing footage posted to social media, Chief Deputy Melencio Villarreal told The Daily News Monday....
Arrest made after 5-year-old girl killed, two children injured in Northwest Harris County car shooting
47-year-old Jeremy Porter has been arrested and charged with capital murder in connection with the shooting death of Zah’Layah Walter, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez....
Galveston firefighters battled a blaze Friday at the city’s recycling center in the 700 block of 61st Street. Firefighters responed to the call at 11:27 a.m. and quickly brought it under control. The fire started in a pile of discarded appliances and metal. There were n
Galveston firefighters battled a blaze Friday at the city’s recycling center in the 700 block of 61st Street. Firefighters responed to the call at 11:27 a.m. and quickly brought it under control. The fire started in a pile of discarded appliances and metal. There were n facebook....
Lithium battery likely caused fire, Galveston recycling coordinator says
The fire, which sent a plume of heavy back smoke into the air, was under control a few minutes before noon.
Texas City Commission finalizes hiring of police chief
The vote came during the commission’s Wednesday meeting at the Charles T. Doyle Convention Center. Pope’s employment agreement takes effect Saturday and provides an initial annual salary of $168,000....
Sugar Land man charged with felony theft after boats stolen from Clear Lake Shores marina
Police arrested Lucas Rodriguez, 20, after investigators used Flock surveillance footage to identify a Chevrolet Silverado they believed was connected to the theft of a boat and trailer valued at $253,000, according to an affidavit obtained by The Daily News…...
Texas City tightens license plate reader access
Interim Police Chief James Patterson ordered an extensive review of the technology earlier this summer, according to the department. The review resulted in disciplinary action against a civilian employee for a policy violation and an ongoing investigation into possible misuse…...
Gold scams continue, Friendswood police fight back
Friendswood police traveled to California on Sept. 9 to execute warrants for Daman Preet Singh, 35, of Riverside, California, who was arrested that day, and Mandeep Singh, 40, of Los Angeles, who was arrested Thursday, police said Tuesday. Both were…...
103 people detained on immigration holds across Galveston County in August
Jail records recorded 126 immigration holds and related arrests during August, including 54 in Galveston, 28 in League City, nine in Bacliff, seven each in Kemah and La Marque, five in Santa Fe and 16 in the rest of the…...
Texas City police bargaining dispute ends as contract negotiations begin
The development clears the way for the Texas City Municipal Police Association as the city and officers negotiate a successor to the current collective bargaining agreement, which expires Sept. 30....
False gunpoint report draws Galveston police response, felony charge
Officers were dispatched about 6:54 a.m. to the 2200 block of 71st Street after receiving a call from a woman who reported that a man was holding her at gunpoint, police spokesman Kurt Koopmann said. The caller then hung up,…...
Facing a deficit, Dickinson OKs budget with many cuts
With less than a month until the start of the next fiscal year, council members agreed to cut six public works positions, reduce a proposed raise for police and dispatch employees, funded only six months of animal services and killed…...
College of the Mainland opens public safety training
The college’s new more than 50,000-square-foot complex houses an outdoor training tower and pad, storage bays for emergency response training vehicles and a 50-yard indoor shooting range. The project was funded as part of a $250 million bond package voters…...
Houston man gets 10 years after puppy was hung by neck in animal cruelty case
A Houston man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to animal cruelty in a case involving an undernourished puppy that was hung by its neck, according to Harris County Constable Precinct 1. Carrick Green, 44, was arrested in 2025 after deputies said he hu...
Grand jury to review fatal shooting at Memorial Hermann hospital ER
A Harris County grand jury will decide whether a Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital security guard faces charges in the fatal shooting of a 31-year-old man inside the emergency room over the weekend. RELATED: Man shot by hospital security officer after pulling knife at Memor...
Former Texas City police captain selected as city’s next chief
Clayton Pope, who spent more than 18 years with the Texas City Police Department before joining the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office, has been selected for the position, city officials announced Tuesday....
Fifth Circuit grants police immunity in Santa Fe fire-ant case
Civil rights attorney Randall Kallinen, who represents Taylor Rogers, told reporters Friday outside a federal courthouse on Rusk Street that the Fifth Circuit’s decision was an out-of-touch ruling against the public....
Houston man charged in $6,000 Friendswood coffee shop burglary
Friendswood police arrested Tanerio Jenkins, 20, while he was traveling on state Highway 3. He was being was held Thursday evening in the Galveston County Jail on $100,000 bond....
Amazon driver wellness check turns into chase
At about 8 p.m. Friday, officers were dispatched to Boddeker Road on the island’s east end after police were notified that an Amazon employee hadn’t returned to the facility, Chief Doug Balli told The Daily News....
Man found dead in closet under stairs at Houston apartment; death deemed suspicious
A man was found dead inside a closet under the stairs of a southwest Houston apartment, and police are investigating the circumstances surrounding his death as suspicious. Houston police officers responded around 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 31, to an apartment in the 10200 block of Harw...
Death of woman found on seawall was suicide, police said
The Galveston Police Department received a report of a body at 8:55 a.m., prompting officers to respond to Seawall Boulevard at 75th Street. Police closed all three eastbound lanes of Seawall Boulevard while they investigated....
Past police data misuse shapes Galveston Flock debate
The officers’ terminations came up during an Aug. 27 Galveston City Council meeting about Flock Safety cameras, when Police Chief Doug Balli cited the misuse to illustrate what his department is trying to prevent with the camera system....
University of Texas Medical Branch police earn second law enforcement accreditation
The new accreditation adds to the department’s previous accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, which it has held for more than a decade, branch officials announced Monday....
Rising concern in Harris County: Back-to-back electric bike, scooter crashes leave 2 children injured
Two separate traffic accidents involving young children on motorized vehicles in Harris County Precinct 4 have raised urgent safety concerns among local law enforcement and community members....
La Marque mayor’s arrest on indecent exposure charge divides city as $75,000 bond draws scrutiny
Mayor Keith Bell was charged with a Class B misdemeanor after deputies said a woman saw him masturbating in an Angleton office, according to the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office. The arrest divided residents at Monday’s City Council meeting, with some…...
Bacliff postal employee charged with mail theft in League City
Officers arrested Richard Ybanez, 46, about 3:20 p.m. in the parking lot of a convenience store in the 1600 block of West League City Parkway. He was being held at the League City Jail on a $5,000 bond as of…...
Fentanyl-laced pills seized in drug raid near Texas City schools
Jahml Eugene McDonald was arrested after members of the Galveston County Organized Crime Task Force executed a search warrant Tuesday at a home in the 1200 block of Appomattox Drive, near College of the Mainland and local schools....
Law officers seize ecstasy pills laced with fentanyl in Texas City
Jahml McDonald was arrested Tuesday after investigators executed a search warrant in the 1200 block of Appomattox Drive, Galveston County Sheriff Jimmy Fullen said....