Entries from Houstonist tagged with 'afortbendcounty'
January 24, 2008
• A Fort Bend County student has been accused of bringing a 9mm gun to school. The student was immediately expelled. • Two teens have been arrested after carjacking a family from their Cadillac Escalade at First Colony Mall. • Authorities are looking for a man claiming to be a police officer who attacked a 15 year old girl at a park in the 6400 block of Rustling Elms Drive back on November 18th.......
Continue Reading "Extra, Extra"August 17, 2006
Police surrounded a house in the Heights this afternoon after a woman said her boyfriend shot her but it turns out she made a false report because she was mad at the guy A Fort Bend County judge has set Sean Brown's bail at $1 million; the teen is one of two accused of killing Ashton Glover Police are still looking for 13-year-old Marlena Carmen Esquivel, who was last seen early yesterday and is in......
Continue Reading "News Roundup"April 12, 2006
After a jury deadlock, plastic surgeon Mark Gilliland agreed to serve two years in jail for a hit-and-run last year that severely injured two women; Rusty Hardin will represent the victims in a civil suit The city may sue Valero because its Houston refinery has been responsible for air-quality violations Former Gov. Ann Richards, speaking at the announcement that an Austin school will be named for her, said she plans to beat cancer of the......
Continue Reading "News Roundup"March 20, 2006
A man fleeing the scene of a traffic accident was killed in a hit-and-run early this morning in the 5900 block of Hillcroft; police are still looking for the owner of the gray pickup that ran him down Suspected gang leader Ivory "B-Stupid" Harris was caught near New Orleans today; Harris is believed to be lined to homicides in Houston and New Orleans Federal officials gave a Livingston-based utility company $3.3 million in hurricane relief......
Continue Reading "News Roundup"February 28, 2006
Andrea Yates will push for a plea deal that lets her serve time in a mental hospital, her lawyer said today Daniel N. DiNardo became the archbishop of Galveston-Houston today after Joseph Fiorenza retired because of age limits Gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman testified as a character witness today in the Max Soffar trial, saying the accused killer has "struggled with his demons and he's conquered them" In southwest Houston, a baby fell out of a......
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