On Wednesday, December 4, 2024, Josue Raul Ascon-Morales, 36, a Guatemalan national living in the Western District of Pennsylvania illegally, was arraigned following the unsealing of a federal indictment for an immigration violation. A federal grand jury in the Western District of Pennsylvania returned the indictment, charging Ascon-Morales with one count of illegal reentry into … Read more
Police in Philadelphia detained four teen boys after a pizza delivery driver was shot and robbed on Saturday night in Southwest Philadelphia, according to police. The incident happened around 11:31 p.m. on Saturday, December 7, 2024, when a 37-year-old pizza delivery driver arrived at the 12th police district station, near the intersection of South 65th … Read more
Anthony Ray Boyce, 57, has been detained in connection with a savage attack on Earl Hollins, 80. It occurred on Friday afternoon in the 1400 block of West FM 1960 in north Harris County. According to court records, Boyce hit Hollins over a parking spot at the Food Town supermarket. From aggravated robbery to assault … Read more
A Pasadena city councilwoman was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance. Court records show that League City police officers detained Pasadena Councilwoman Bianca Valerio on November 30. The city’s website reports Valerio’s election as City Councilwoman for District B in 2021. She was reelected in 2023. There is currently limited information available … Read more
The family of Giovanni Mendoza, who tragically died in a crash while his Tesla was in “Autopilot” mode, is suing the electric carmaker and its CEO, Elon Musk, over misleading claims about the vehicle’s self-driving technology. Mendoza, 31, purchased the Tesla Model S in 2021, under the impression that the car could drive itself based … Read more
Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Sean “Diddy” Combs face serious allegations in an amended civil lawsuit accusing them of raping a 13-year-old girl at an after-party following the 2000 Video Music Awards. Filed Sunday by Texas attorney Tony Buzbee, the suit claims another celebrity was present and “stood by and watched” the alleged assault but did … Read more
As I write this, the reality of a horrific crime that has profoundly affected our community weighs heavily on my heart. Fernando Martinez-Rivera and Roberto Acosta-Lemuz, two undocumented Honduran immigrants, committed the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl. These males enticed a little girl into their rented Abilene home on Anson Avenue, where they conducted … Read more
Luis Edel Trujillo Pena, a 29-year-old from Miami, has pled guilty to conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft, according to US Attorney Roger B. Handberg. Pena faces up to 20 years in jail for wire fraud, up to 5 years for conspiracy, and at least two years for identity theft, as well as compensation … Read more
Illinois State Police detained a Delavan man as part of a multi-day human trafficking enforcement operation, the agency announced on Saturday. The agency took six men into custody, including him. According to Illinois State Police, Gerald Hochstatter, 71, was arrested and charged with indecent solicitation of a minor/aggravated sex, travel to meet a kid, and … Read more
Louisiana State Police have arrested a man accused of selling drugs to a Washington Parish school board member and political candidate, who later overdosed. Frankie Crosby Sr., 67, died on October 6, according to Franklinton police, who discovered him in his vehicle on the 1400 block of Parker Street. He had taken a fatal combination … Read more