A former 911 operator in Houston, Texas, who hung up on countless people seeking help learned her fate this week. Crenshanda Williams, 44, was found guilty of interference with emergency telephone calls Wednesday and was sentenced to 10 days in jail and 18 months probation. For a year and a half, Williams took calls at …
On Friday, authorities released a sketch of a woman whose severed head was found in a plastic bag inside a Houston lake, in hopes that someone will recognize her. The Houston Chronicle reports that artist Lois Gibson completed a drawing of the victim going by her anthropological profile and and a previous description released by authorities. …
Following the death of a Texas woman and her infant son earlier this year, four individuals now face criminal charges related to what authorities say was a fatal DUI crash. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 20-year-old Veronica Rivas was initially arrested in late February on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. She was accused …
Police said the stolen locker was equipped with GPS, allowing them to track down the suspects
Authorities in Texas are investigating an operation that reportedly resulted in an FBI agent fatally shooting a kidnapping victim in a Houston home early Thursday. The Houston Chronicle reports that the ordeal started Wednesday morning when a group of armed men claiming to have cartel affiliations busted into a Trinity Gardens home and bound a man …
Two attackers are on the run after allegedly slashing a Texas man’s throat as he thwarted a potential kidnapping. Othon Maldonado and his wife, Sandra Martinez, pulled into a Houston Whataburger on December 18. They were reportedly exiting their car when two men armed with knives approached them. Martinez told KSAT that the suspects took her …
A 4-year-old Texas boy, rescued from a Houston “meth house,” reportedly gave police a harrowing account of what happened to him while living there. Dallas Morning News reports that the boy was found living in the filthy home on Dec. 20, after deputies carried out a search warrant for a home located near Katy, in …
A homeless man searching for warmth and shelter Thursday was reportedly run over by an 18-wheeler. KTRK reports that the man had been lying under an empty trailer located in the loading dock area of a Houston Sam’s Club. He used a wheelchair and kept it nearby while he slept in the relative warmth of …
Authorities in Texas believe a high school teacher maintained a sexual relationship with a teenage former student. According to Fox News, 23-year-old Michelle Schiffer was a world history teacher at Houston’s Cypress-Springs High School when she met the alleged victim, who is now 16 years old. Police reports claim Schiffer and the unidentified teen, then …
A Houston man had his SUV stolen in front of his restaurant after he left it unattended and running outside the building. The restaurant owner, Daniel Yang, said he left his vehicle running for barely two minutes to go inside his Midtown business. When he came back out, the SUV was gone. He told ABC13 that …
A Houston man who had worked as an elementary school counselor for eight years was arrested on suspicion of indecency with multiple students. According to KHOU, 33-year-old Brandon Thomas McElveen was arrested Thursday in Victoria County, Texas. He currently faces three counts of indecency with a child while authorities investigate whether there have been other …
Authorities arrested a Houston man on Friday after they said he decapitated his own mother and stabbed his father numerous times after the elderly couple bailed him out of jail on assault charges. Houston Chronicle reports that the parents of Kyriakos Savvas Georghiou, 27, bailed him out of jail after an arrest for assault charges. …
