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A training accident at the San Juan Police Department shooting range exposed at least two students to tear gas Wednesday.The police department hosted a SWAT training Wednesday afternoon at the shooting range, which is located near the intersection of Hall → Read More
La Joya fired police Chief Ramon Gonzalez on Monday.City Administrator Mike Alaniz said he terminated Ramon D. Gonzalez on Monday after consulting with the City Commission.Gonzalez joined the police department in December 2005, according to Texas Commissio → Read More
Smugglers kidnapped a Chinese immigrant last week in McAllen and mercilessly beat the man when he refused to pay them $15,000, according to federal court records.At 4:19 p.m. on Dec. 4, the McAllen Police Department responded to a strange call on the 200 → Read More
A federal judge sentenced former Edcouch Municipal Judge Daniel Guzman II to five years in prison Tuesday.U.S. District Judge L. Scott Coogler sentenced Guzman the son of Edcouch Alderman Danny Guzman Wednesday during a hearing in Alabama.Federal agents → Read More
Pharr settled four sexual harassment claims Wednesday, cutting deals with employees who accused city Media Director Gary Rodriguez of touching them inappropriately and making lewd comments at work.Four city employees two supervisors at the Boggus Ford Eve → Read More
Roberto J. “Bobby Joe” Yzaguirre, a Rio Grande Valley attorney who represented sheriffs and Gulf Cartel bosses, died Thursday. He was 77.Yzaguirre died on Thanksgiving at Doctors Hospital at Renaissance in Edinburg, days after suffering a heart attack.“I c → Read More
The Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office arrested two men on capital murder charges last week, but basic details about the arrests remain unknown because the county is attempting to keep the charging documents secret at least temporarily.Gabino Salinas, 32, of → Read More
The Agua Special Utility District approved severance packages worth $489,000 for two high-profile administrators during July and attempted to keep the agreements secret.Former Executive Director Oscar Cancino approved severance packages for La Joya school → Read More
A federal judge sentenced a Pharr man to prison Monday for lying to FBI agents about a kidnapping plot.U.S. District Judge Randy Crane sentenced Daniel Betancourt, 20, of Pharr to one year and one day in prison Monday morning after a brief hearing in McAll → Read More
The Mission Police Department suspended a corporal after fellow officers cited him for public intoxication Monday.Officers arrested Cpl. Adan Beltran at 1:46 a.m. Monday, when they found him drunk near the Jack in the Box restaurant on East Expressway 83, → Read More
Investigators arrested the leader of a rip crew affiliated with the Gulf Cartel on Wednesday.The San Juan Police Department and the U.S. Marshal's Service arrested Marin Macrin El Filtro Cerda-Rios on Wednesday morning.Cerda headed a rip crew called Los Mi → Read More
A judge dismissed a drunken driving charge against a former Mission policeman last week after prosecutors offered him another option: A $500 traffic ticket.County Court at Law Judge Jay Palacios dismissed the driving while intoxicated charge against former → Read More
Pharr police Chief Ruben Villescas and Assistant Chief Javier Gonzalez retired Monday, according to a city spokeswoman.Details about what the city described as retirements weren't immediately available.Mayor Ambrosio Amos Hernandez and City Manager Juan Gu → Read More
Federal agents seized more than 2,300 pounds of marijuana Saturday after conducting surveillance at a warehouse in Pharr.Agents with Homeland Security Investigations a division of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement started watching a warehouse on t → Read More
Seven employees at Jackie’s Restaurant & Lounge surrendered to Pharr Police Department investigators last week on gambling charges.Investigators started scrutinizing the dive bar during May, when they heard Jackie’s had slot machine-style devices, accordin → Read More
A federal grand jury indicted a 63-year-old Dallas man last week on seven charges related to child sex tourism.The Brownsville-based grand jury indicted Donald Frederic Bollinger, 63, of Dallas a moderate risk sex offender registered with the Texas Depart → Read More
While patrolling the border Saturday afternoon, a Mission policeman spotted something odd: a white Chevrolet Tahoe with red-and-blue emergency lights.The policeman working a grant-funded border security detail called Operation Stonegarden stopped the Tah → Read More
Executive Director Oscar Cancino announced his resignation from the Agua Special Utility District on Monday and recommended the board replace him with a traditional general manager.Cancino announced the move, but didn’t actually submit a resignation lette → Read More
Investigators arrested a 25-year-old McAllen woman accused of sexually assaulting her 16-year-old boyfriend on Friday.Officers arrested Evelyn Marie Cruz, 25, of McAllen on Friday, said Lt. Joel Morales, a spokesman for the McAllen Police Department.The in → Read More
A major natural gas leak forced Peñitas police to close Tom Gill Road on Thursday morning.City Manager Omar Romero said a major natural gas leak forced police to close Tom Gill Road from Uranium Street to 3 Mile Line.The city asks residents to avoid the ar → Read More