Dumb Criminal
Technology
and stink bait
With the advancements in technology, police have a whole new array of toys, umm, I mean tools. And the crooks, them too! Fifteen years ago phishing was still done in the water!
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Man convicted in stepdaughter’s death
A Needville man who confessed to causing the death of his three year old step daughter, then said it was an accident, was convicted by a jury.
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Suspicious fire in Sugar Creek nets two arrests
Two homeowners were arrested for possession of marijuana after emergency officials show up to fight a house fire.
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Dumb Criminal
Red
Alert
School has begun throughout Fort Bend County.
Parents, you may feel free to sigh now, but remember...
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One suspect arrested in
Alcorn Bend
home invasion;
others being sought
One man has been arrested and several other suspects are being sought in the home invasion of a Sugar Land family that police suspect was targeted by criminals
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Katy burglars nabbed - An observant
neighbor makes all the difference
Saturday evening an observant neighbor in a north Fort Bend neighborhood was able to give information that led to the arrest of two men for burglary.
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Sugar Land police say good bye
to Victim Assistance Coordinator
The Sugar Land police department bids farewell to their Victim Assistance Coordinator.
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Sugar Land home invasion
suspect nabbed by police
Sugar Land police were called to investigate yet another home invasion robbery. According to police, about 11:30 Monday night they were notified of a home invasion robbery in the 3300 block of Riviera Drive in the Alcorn Bend subdivision in Sugar Land.
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Dumb Criminal
Politics and
the princess
During the wee hours of the morning of August 8th
Sugar Land police were called to investigate an assault.
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Car burglar nabbed in action
Early Sunday morning, Sugar Land police
responded to suspicious activity on Pebble Hill Court.
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Domestic violence ends in
double shooting in Stafford
At press time few details were available on
a
domestic double shooting in Stafford. .
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Missouri City still searching for clues in murder
Missouri City police responded to a man down call in the 900 block of Derby Wednesday evening about 8 p.m. in the Hunter’s Glen neighborhood.
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Richmond man robbed on back porch
Richmond police are investigating the robbery of a Richmond man who was robbed on the porch of his affluent Hillcrest home.
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Sugar Land police say good bye to employee
The Sugar Land police department bids farewell
to their Victim Assistance Coordinator.
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Dumb Criminal
No good
deed...
In times like these, many are willing to lend a helping hand.
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Police imposter
steals credit cards
Sugar Land police are investigating several thefts involving a man posing as a police officer.
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Burglars nabbed north
and
south in Fort Bend County
Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a total of five burglars over the last week.
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Former Fort Bend County
chief deputy found guilty
Former Precinct 3 Constable Chief Deputy Tim Yerrow was found guilty of theft by a public servant and was convicted by a Harris County jury.
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Richmond man arrested for failure to stop
A Richmond was arrested for failure to stop and render aid after a motorcycle/truck accident on US 90A near the Brazos River Bridge.
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Richmond police
nab a daytime burglar
Richmond police were called to investigate a burglary at a residence in the Mustang Crossing apartment complex, Thursday morning, July 29.
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Asian business owners
target of armed robberies
Police suspect two Asian families robbed in their Sugar Land homes were targeted by criminals who believed cash receipts from businesses in southwest Houston were being stored in the houses.
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Like a
tornado?
There is a theory that tornadoes are drawn to a
particular spot based on the elements in the ground.
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Stafford police officer injured on firing range
A Stafford police officer was injured last week by an accidental discharge from his own service weapon.
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Man convicted for possessing
and passing counterfeit cash
A man arrested for passing counterfeit cash in Missouri City is convicted by a Fort Bend jury.
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But officer, you
gonna believe
me
or your lying eyes?
A group of Richmond residents were party’n on the lawn when a disagreement turned into batting practice.
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Fort Bend County man arrested
on Florida RICO charges
A high profile Fort Bend County resident has been arrested in Florida.
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Home invasion and restaurant
robbery keep police busy
Sugar Land Police were called to investigate a home invasion robbery in the Sugar Lakes subdivision this week.
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Local, federal narcotics
agents make
major currency
seizure on U.S. 59
The Fort Bend Narcotics Task Force, in conjunction with Federal enforcement agents out of Houston, seize $410,641 of U.S. currency.
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Alleged killer arrested in Mississippi
Lorenza Sam was arrested last week just days after he
allegedly murdered Sienna Plantation resident and
Sugar Land business owner Leesa Nascimento.
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Charges dismissed against
Richmond Police officer
Veteran Richmond Police officer Steve Eiteman is back at his
regular job after charges against him were dismissed last week.
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Child predator sentenced
On July 13, 2010, Alfredo Zeno was sentenced by 240th District Court Judge Thomas R. Culver, III, to 15 years in prison on each of three counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child.
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Talk about
time and
place
Last week The Star Queen was alerted by her Realtor that something was amiss at her little slice of taxpayer heaven in Missouri City.
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Dumb and Dumber
Wednesday was an interesting, yet
very productive day for Sugar Land Police.
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Capital Murder suspect surrenders
A Mississippi man walked into the Fort Bend County Jail last week and surrendered himself for his part in an Arkansas bank robbery and murder.
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No amount
of careful
planning...
A woman being forced into a car in
Missouri City garnered a citizen’s attention.
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Man sent to prison for drive by shooting
Fifteen years for two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon is what the jury assessed a Houston man for his part in a 2007 drive by shooting.
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Rosenberg burglary suspects arrested
Tuesday night, July 6, 2010, at approximately 10:12pm, Rosenberg Police Officer Brian Baldwin was dispatched to 915 Cole Avenue, Rosenberg, in reference to a burglary in progress, on Tuesday, July 6.
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Man takes plea deal for 48 years
A 35 yea old Rosenberg man took a plea deal for 48 years in prison after being indicted on numerous charges of abusing four different children over several years.
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Burglars caught in act; one arrested`
Rosenberg police responded to a burglary of a storage building in progress early Thursday morning and nabbed one of the suspects after a brief foot chase.
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When you call
police, remember
it ain’t their
first Rodeo!
Quite often police officers find themselves in the middle of family fights.
It can be one of the most dangerous aspects of an officer’s career.
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Identity thieves busted;
five suspects arrested
Five suspects have been arrested for engaging in organized criminal activity stemming from the theft of personal banking information.
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Twelve Fort Bend Co. residents
indicted for varied drug offenses
Sheriff’s spokesperson Terriann Carlson issued a statement and photos of 12 people who have been charged with varying levels of narcotics offenses.
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An out of state custody
battle
spills into Sugar Land
A Kentucky mother and her current husband were arrested after the biological father notified police that his ex-wife and their three underage children were at a home in Sugar Land.
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Crash Dummy
A couple of weeks back a Mo City woman backed her land barge (a Chevy 8 passenger vehicle- you know) into a brand new car in a Houston parking lot.
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Richmond man’s DWI
convictions land him in prison
Judge finally sentences man to prison after three DWI convictions and another DWI charge pending in Harris County.
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Richmond police investigate
the death of local attorney
Richmond attorney Allan Van Slyke was found dead in his Richmond home Tuesday morning shortly after 10 a.m.
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Sugar Land Police arrest
teenager for evading arrest
Monday morning, June 21, about 9:30 a.m., Sugar Land police responded to a suspicious person call in the Riverbend North subdivision in the area of North Medio River Circle.
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Four young teens face
charges in three counties
Three southwest Fort Bend teens and a juvenile from West Columbia have been arrested and face burglary charges in Brazoria, Fort Bend, and Matagorda counties.
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Back to shoot’n
fish in a barrel
Some folks are so dumb ... it is painful!
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Car burglars nabbed
An undercover surveillance team cruising Oyster Creek Park contacted patrol units after they witnessed a car burglary.
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Richmond Police need help in
identifying alleged suspect
Richmond police are asking for the public’s help in identifying and bringing to justice the woman in the photograph who may be involved in a theft and forgery.
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Richmond police investigate
the death of local attorney
Richmond attorney Allan Van Slyke was found dead in his Richmond home Tuesday morning shortly after 10 a.m.
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Video available online of Amegy
Bank robbery by suspects
Sugar Land police are looking for two men who robbed the Amegy Bank, 14965 Southwest Freeway, on June 3, at 3:45 p.m.
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Two snagged for
illegal investment
Local, state, and federal agents participating in a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) initiative snagged two purported drug traffickers.
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Bank robbed in Sugar Land
It wasn't business as usual for Amegy Bank, in the 14900 block of the Southwest Freeway, last Thursday, June 3.
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When that little voice tells you,
“Don’t do it”--- pay attention!
No matter how frustrating the Repair Dude, who has arrived to fix your fridge can get, it’s never a good plan to play the guns and ammo at 10 paces game.
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Sugar Land man kidnapped
Just minutes before 6 a.m., Wednesday morning, June 2, a Sugar Land man was out for his morning walk and regular stop at Shipley’s Donuts on Highway 6 near Williams Trace when he was attacked by three males in the 2100 block of First Crossing.
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Two arrested by Richmond Police for drugs
A check on a criminal trespasser resulted in a pair of dope busts.
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Victim gives chase; burglar nabbed by police
On Tuesday, May 25, Around 7:30pm, Sugar Land police were notified of a man yelling and running through the streets of the Creekshire subdivision.
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Violent home invasion hits west Fort Bend Co.
An elderly woman was attacked in a violent home invasion robbery south of Rosenberg in west Fort Bend.
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Smile you’re on candid camera
A Sugar Land burglar was caught on camera this week.
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Rolling shootout weaves
through Fort Bend streets
Bank robberies have almost become commonplace in the Houston metropolitan area, yet the rolling shoot out that exploded on the streets of northeast Fort Bend County Saturday morning shocked even the most jaded.
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Boy robbed in park
Sugar Land police are investigating an aggravated robbery that occurred in a north side park last Friday.
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Catalytic converters; a hot
item according to police
Missouri City police are warning residents that thieves are targeting catalytic converters.
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Police nab suspect in bank robbery
Sugar Land police responded to a bank robbery and nabbed the suspect as he talked on his cell phone walking away from the bank.
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Does it go round
in a circle?
In Richmond last Friday, according to local rain gauges, a down pour of 7.25 inches pelted the banks of the Brazos River, you know, the banks that run right beside the new Fort Bend County Justice Center and Courthous
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Man arrested after shooting
Sunday night, just before 11 p.m., deputies were called to investigate a shooting in the 8600 block of Green Cedar Drive in the Mission Glen Estates, in fart northeast Fort Bend County.
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Three busted for felony
theft in northeast Fort Bend
Last Tuesday morning, about 2:38 a.m., sheriff’s deputies were called to investigate a burglary in progress in the 9500 block of Tolken Way in the Enclave subdivision off Gaines Road in northeast Fort Bend County.
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Home invasion robbery in Riverpark
Shortly before 10 p.m. last Friday night, a Riverpark man was ambushed at his back door.
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Sugar Land police nab burglars
In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, Sugar Land police responded to a suspected car burglary near Truslow Point and Amesbury Lane in the Englewood Place Estates neighborhood, off Lexington Boulevard, near Williams Trace.
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You snooze,
you loose
A two month narcotics investigation culminated in the arrest of Juanita Sandoval, 31, and Marcus Cantu, 38, both of Richmond. Sheriff’s spokesperson Terriann Carlson said the two month investigation targeted a couple who were distributing cocaine from their Richmond home.
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Shell station robbed
Narrow minded cops plunder the slumber of a man in Missouri City.
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Suspect sought
in CVS robbery
Sugar Land police are looking for a woman who robbed CVS Pharmacy, 16515 Lexington Blvd., on April 17.
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Felony stupid
strikes again
It was alive and well in Missouri city last week. As police tell, a former employee of a pizza joint on Highway 6 had concerns over his final paycheck.
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Jailer arrested for failure to
stop and give information
A Fort Bend County jailer was arrested last Friday after being involved in a traffic accident on his way to work.
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Narcs nab traffickers
A two month narcotics investigation culminated in the arrest of Juanita Sandoval, 31, and Marcus Cantu, 38, both of Richmond. Sheriff’s spokesperson Terriann Carlson said the two month investigation targeted a couple who were distributing cocaine from their Richmond home.
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Shell station robbed
In the wee hours of Sunday morning Sugar Land police responded to a robbery call and shortly thereafter had suspects in custody.
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Richmond Police Dept. searching
for identity of hit and run driver
The Richmond Police Department is asking the public for any information about a fatal hit and run accident last Saturday night in the 1600 block of Jackson Street, also known as US 90A.
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A shot in the dark
A Missouri City man was arrested for using deadly force to protect something that was no longer his.
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Parking lot Rodeo!
Missouri City police responded to a call Saturday, around 2 p.m. from Lowe’s improvement center in the 3800 block of Murphy Road after a call over a stolen purse morphed into a vehicular assault. .
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Convicted man walks
away from courthouse
A man convicted of manslaughter awaiting his punishment has left the courthouse and the sheriff’s fugitive warrant division is on the hunt.
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Attempted robbery by fork
A Sugar Land jogger was robbed by what police describe as a possible fork.
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Road rage leads to homicide
Missouri City police arrest man for homicide after road rage incident.
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Here’s a story, bout
a man named Bolar...
Who was busy fleecing the folks of Gretna, Louisiana out of their hard earned cash?
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Richmond police asking for
help in solving Dec. murder
Shortly before midnight on December 30, 2009, Richmond police were called to an apartment at the Oak Lane apartment complex located at 806 Morton Street just blocks from the police department.
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Accident at intersection of West Bellfort
and
FM 1464 claims 1 life, injures 3
A Fort Bend man was killed and his son seriously injured after an on coming van ran a stop sign.
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Couple dressed in medical scrubs
invade Lakemont subdivison home
Another family in Fort Bend falls victim to home invasion robbers.
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It’s a whole new
math concept!
Since we can’t seem to find the money to keep teachers in the classroom, here’s the new math we residents of Fort Bend are facing.
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New Territory woman arrested;
charged with theft & fraud
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Vandals destroy LA Fitness
center over the weekend
A pack of vandals nearly destroyed the LA Fitness center over the weekend. >FULL STORY
Woman pistol
whipped in area apt. parking lot
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Sugar Land PD arrests group
linked to string of burglaries
Sugar Land police arrested and charged four teens with one count of residential burglary and two counts of attempted residential burglary. Detectives are investigating the group’s participation in at least five additional burglaries..
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Crime Stoppers Special Alert
Fort Bend County Crime Stoppers is offering up to $5000 for information which leads to the arrest and charges of the suspect(s) who were involved in an attempted abduction In Missouri City.
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Correction
"Violent Crimes Down in Sugar Land" appearing the March 24 issue of the "Fort Bend Star", the numbers for the violent crime were inadvertently inverted. >FULL STORY
Richmond man surrenders himself
The man Richmond police have been searching for after he allegedly sexually assaulted a child has turned himself in to authorities. .>FULL STORY
SLPD arrests 13 during Highway
Safety Enforcement Initiative
Sugar Land police arrested 13 people during a special drunk driving enforcement initiative from March 12-21. >FULL STORY
Three held hostage during home robbery
Details remain sketchy, but Friday morning, March 26, shortly after 9 a.m., a home on Sandcroft in the new upscale neighborhood of Telfair, a family was held hostage by armed intruders who looted their home. >FULL STORY
Maxed out in more ways than one
Texas, a whole ’nother country. There is truth in advertising with that statement. Just ask a displaced New Orleans woman who sought refuge and work after hurricane Katrina. Um humm. >FULL STORY
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Richmond child assaulted;
suspect sought
Richmond police are searching for a
19 year old man who has been accused
of sexually assaulting a nine year old girl last Sunday.
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Violent crimes down in Sugar Land
The City of Sugar Land reports a violent crime decrease of 11 percent during 2009 and improved investigative clearance rates by 4.7 percent, according to the Sugar Land Police Department’s 2009 Annual Report.
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Working their way in our direction?
Two men identified as “Woman Wannabes” by the FBI are holding up Houston area banks.>FULL STORY
Sir, was that
finger loaded?
While roll’n and patrol’n, Rosenberg police were notified of a Road Rage incident on US 59. >FULL STORY
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Family fight ends with gun shot
Domestic dispute turns into an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon call after two Texas law enforcement officers disagree.
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Talk About
Wrong Turns!
Sugar Land police get to have all the fun.
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National broadcast
leads to Turner arrest
Fort Bend County watched as a nationwide search for Albert James Turner Jr. unfolded after he allegedly murdered his wife and mother-in law in their Rosenberg home. The crime was a grizzly domestic slaughter taking the life of his wife; his children’s mother, and her mother; the children’s grandmother.
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Missouri City home invasion turns homicide
Just minutes after midnight Missouri City Police were dispatched to an alarm call that resulted in a homicide investigation.
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Fresno woman killed in accident
A Fresno woman was killed in a traffic accident early last Wednesday morning in Sugar Land.
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Garage Door
Opener?
Since when do burglars go look’n for attention?
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Wanderlust?
Early last week an inmate from one of the prison units in Sugar Land, you know ... the ones along US 90A and Texas 99, walked over to a convenience store and returned. How conn-veen-ient!
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Woman robbed at First Colony Mall
Saturday morning as the assistant manager of the Bath and Body Works of First Colony Mall was entering the building through the employee only access, she was terrorized and robbed of the day’s cash bag.
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Breaking...
local news
In the far eastside community of Teal Run, a small neighborhood within the subdivision is cowering from a menace. It seems one of the residents on a quiet cul-de-sac is a felon who likes to scream, threaten, harass and by in large, terrorize his neighbors.
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Nosy
neighbors
When you live in a small town, everybody knows your business. And when you’re in the dope business ... that ain’t so good for business.
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Sugar Land
homeowner’s association thwarts crooks
using
high tech camera
Sugar Land police are crediting the arrest of two 20-year-old Houston men with the proactive measures taken...
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Horse’n Around
We all know about things that fall off the back of the truck…but who’da ever thought a horse?
Yep, that’s right, a horse.
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Three charged with Burglary of
Motor Vehicles, Criminal Conspiracy
Sugar Land police arrested three men, including one in a wheelchair, believed responsible for a rash of vehicle burglaries throughout the region.
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Woman robbed
outside restaurant
A woman was robbed in the parking lot in the
First Colony Mall complex in Sugar Land.
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Teen killed in front yard
