Texas

Sex Crimes
September 3, 2020

Head pastor of church arrested for producing & transporting child pornography, feds say

The former head pastor of Texas church was arrested Thursday for allegedly producing and transporting child pornography. The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Texas announced in a statement that a grand jury indicted David Pettigrew, 48, and Chad Michael Rider, 46, on charges of conspiring to sexually exploit children. Pettigrew was also …

Homicide
August 24, 2020

4-year-old girl is reported missing shortly before she’s found stabbed to death: Reports

A 4-year-old Texas girl was found stabbed to death Monday afternoon shortly after she was reported missing. Fort Worth police responded to the Near Southside neighborhood at around 11:40 a.m. amid reports of a missing child. Police said they swiftly determined a homicide had occurred upon arriving at the scene, according to KXAS. The news …

Murder
August 23, 2020

UPDATE: Texas man kills girlfriend with 2 young children present, flees to California

A Texas man believed to shot his girlfriend to death, leaving her body alone with her two young children, was arrested Saturday in California, KEYT reported. San Antonio police announced the arrest of Jorge Izquierdo, 29, on Saturday but did not say where he was arrested, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Cora Nickle’s 8- and 5-year-old …

Murder
August 22, 2020

2 young children find mother’s body; her boyfriend arrested for murder

San Antonio police have arrested the boyfriend of a 27-year-old woman whose lifeless body was found by her young children on Thursday, KSAT reports. Two children, ages 8 and 5, were at the home in northwest San Antonio when the eldest child texted their grandmother that their mother was on floor not responding, as CrimeOnline …

Unsolved
August 22, 2020

Body found buried under concrete, cinder blocks in Austin backyard

Residents near Garrison Park in Austin, Texas, were shocked and a little dismayed this week to learn that a body had been buried beneath concrete and cinder blocks in a neighbor’s backyard. Austin Police launched an investigation after they received a call from a witness who visited the home and said the occupants told her …

Heroes
August 22, 2020

SEE IT: Hero Texas cop rescues baby from hot car

As temperatures crept into the lower 90s last Monday afternoon, a Duncanville, Texas, resident noticed a baby, strapped into a car seat in a Ford Explorer, alone, with the windows tightly closed. The resident called Duncanville police, and Officer Christian Pinilla jumped into action, breaking into the vehicle and getting the crying baby to the …

Murder
August 21, 2020

Alleged killer drove 1,700 miles each way to fatally shoot victim over online game: Cops

Police in two jurisdictions 1,700 miles apart are looking at whether a dispute during an online game prompted a California man to drive to Texas to kill an 18-year-old man and then drive back home, where he killed himself, over a 72-hour period, the Flower Mound Police Department said. Flower Mound police found Matthew Thane …

Police
August 16, 2020

Developing: 3 officers shot, suspect barricaded in suburban home

* UPDATE: 10 P.M.* Three police officers were in stable condition Sunday afternoon after they were shot responding to a call in Cedar Park, Texas, where a suspect is barricaded inside a home. Cedar Park Interim Police Chief Mike Harmon told reporters Sunday night that officers responded to the residence shortly after 3 p.m. when …

Missing
August 14, 2020

Grandmom still MISSING weeks after winning big at bingo hall: Reports

Authorities in Texas are still looking for an elderly woman who reportedly vanished last month after winning a large cash prize at a bingo hall. Carolyn Riggins, 69, reportedly has partial dementia and was possibly last seen on July 11 at Watauga Road Bingo in Watauga. Her family told WFAA that Riggins won a sizable …