Category Archives: Texas
Texas teenager admits involvement in fatal car accident
Vehicular manslaughter charges have been filed against a Texas teenager accused of causing a fatal car accident and fleeing from the scene. Police say the teenager surrendered to authorities the day following the accident and admitted to driving the car that killed a student from Texas Southern University. Until the suspect turned himself in… Read More »
Federal judge sentences Texas man to 50 years for child porn
A 23-year-old will spend most of the rest of his life behind bars for convictions on child sexual abuse charges. The undercover investigation into the alleged child pornographer’s case began last year in Dallas and transferred to the FBI in Houston, after it was found the suspect resided there. Federal agents discovered the pornographer… Read More »
Minister and wife charged with molesting girls
A Harrison County minister and his wife have been arrested for the sexual abuse of two girls. The 49-year-old former county deputy and his wife, a 33-year-old ex-deputy clerk, were charged with child indecency for acts against an 11 and 14-year-old. The stories of alleged sexual abuse began with the oldest girl’s revelation of… Read More »
2 injured in Texas wrong-way drunk driving crash
Two Dallas-area drivers were seriously hurt in a drunk-driving accident on the North Central Expressway. Police believe one driver, who was traveling on the highway in the wrong direction, was speeding and intoxicated when the middle-of-the-night car accident occurred. Investigators say the drunk driver may have reached speeds of 80 miles per hour as… Read More »
12-year-old in a coma after Texas hit-and-run accident
A 12-year-old boy is in a coma as the result of catastrophic injuries he received while riding a go-kart alongside a park near his Richardson, Texas, home. The 62-year-old woman blamed for the hit-and-run accident told police she does not remember what happened. The boy’s family believes the charges against the Richardson woman should… Read More »
I-35 bus rollover in Texas blamed on driver fatigue
Police officials of San Marcos, Texas, are saying the cause of an early morning bus crash on northbound Interstate 35 near New Braunfels was due to its driver falling asleep at the wheel. Investigators have ruled out alcohol and believe driver fatigue caused the rollover accident. Accident reports say the Mares Bus Lines driver… Read More »
Truckers and victims come together for tougher safety laws
In 2004, a man from Dallas lost his mother, sister and nephews in a fatal truck accident. The investigation revealed that the truck driver had been awake for nearly 35 hours before causing the crash that took the lives of most of the man’s family. That accident led many people to realize that tougher… Read More »
