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Giddings, Texas – Sheriff Garrett Durrenberger Lee County Sheriff was found passed out in his personal vehicle. The Sheriff Durrenberger admitted to having four beers.
Sheriff Durrenberger has no driver’s license and now faces a transportation problem to fulfill his duties as sheriff.
Man dead after shooting himself in the head while handcuffed in a police car
San Antonio, Texas – A man shot himself in the head while handcuffed in the back of a San Antonio police vehicle following a pursuit, Police Chief William McManus told reporters Thursday.
Police said the incident began on the South Side with a vehicle that had mismatched plates. The man was tracked by air support and stopped at a gas station at the intersection of East Rampart and McCullough Avenue near North Star Mall. He was taken into custody after a brief chase on foot.
After being handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a patrol unit, the man fatally shot himself in the head, McManus said. The man died at the scene.
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Disgraced Former Houston Police Chief Police Troy Finner Hired As Police Chief In Missouri City
Missouri City, Texas – Former Houston Police Chief Troy Finner was hired as Missouri City Police Chief nearly 2 years after he retired from HPD.
Finner retired amid an investigation into thousands of sexual assault cases that were suspended rather than investigated.
Missouri City officials said they were aware of Finner’s circumstances in leaving HPD, but the decision was based on his experience and ability to lead.
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ResignationsA Deputy has been charged with murder and recommended for the involvement in a shooting in 2025
HOUSTON – A Harris County sheriff’s deputy has been charged with murder and recommended for termination after an investigation into a deadly deputy-involved shooting in 2025.
On Thursday, Harris County Deputy Aileen Jimenez Barboza, 36, was indicted with murder by a grand jury for the shooting of 36-year-old Levincer Swanson.
Barboza was also recommended for termination after an Internal Affairs investigation found she violated multiple policies.
Trial of Missouri City officer involved in a crash that killed 3 people in 2024 is underway
MISSOURI CITY, Texas — Fort Bend County Courthouse, video from the crash and of the victims was shown for the first time in this deadly 2024 case.
Investigators say former Missouri City Police officer Blademir Viveros was responding to a robbery when his cruiser crashed into a car driven by 16-year-old Mason Stewart.
His mom, Angela, was in the passenger seat as they celebrated his 16th birthday. Both died in the crash.
Police Officer Steals Female Officer’s Phone to Copy Her Nude Pictures
Edinburg, Texas – A former officer with the Edinburg Police Department is facing criminal charges after investigators say he accessed a fellow officer’s phone without permission and photographed private images.
According to a criminal complaint, the investigation began in February 2026 after a female officer reported that Guzman had secretly gone through her phone. The complaint uses the name “Isabella” to protect the officer’s identity.
Investigators say the incident happened in January 2026 when a vehicle stalled in Edinburg and the officer stopped to help the driver. While she was assisting the motorist, Guzman allegedly entered her patrol vehicle, accessed her iPhone, and searched through her photos.
Authorities say Guzman located private images showing the officer’s breasts and buttocks and used his own phone to take photographs of those images from her device.
A San Antonio police officer was issued an indefinite suspension for an untruthful response to searching a suspect’s phone
A San Antonio police officer was suspended because he contradicted himself about the moments he covered his body camera while looking through a suspect’s phone.
Investigators began reviewing a complaint from his chain of command alleging he gave conflicting explanations for why his body camera was covered while he looked through a suspect’s cell phone.
In the first account in May, Rivas wrote, “I never went through (the suspect’s) phone, nor had any reason to, nor did I delete anything. I inadvertently placed my hand/arm over my body cam and will not do it again.”
A police officer was holding a phone during a 124 mph chase that ended in a crash
A San Antonio police officer has been suspended after initiating a high-speed chase on the North Side without notifying his superiors. The chase ended when he crashed his patrol car into a pickup truck.
Officer Kirby Painter agreed to a 30-day suspension for violating department procedures on vehicle pursuits, according to San Antonio Police Department disciplinary records. The suspension began Jan. 2.
The suspension stemmed from a chase that began just after 4 p.m. Aug. 3, when Kirby was driving on Loop 410 and spotted a gray sedan speeding, a disciplinary report says. He activated his patrol car’s emergency lights, but the sedan exited the highway and did not stop.
About 4:15 p.m., the front dash camera on Painter’s patrol car captured him speeding after the gray sedan heading eastbound on Loop 410 near the Alamo Heights exit.
Officer Robert Nobles assaulted three nurses, including a pregnant woman, at a hospital in Baytown
Harris County – The Baytown Police Department said that three nurses were assaulted at a hospital in Baytown on New Year’s Day.
According to the Harris County Precinct 3 Constable’s Office, Sergeant Robert Nobles was criminally charged with three counts of assault.
Armed ICE officer in Portland called 911 during confrontation: ‘I’m going to have to shoot this kid’
In October, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer grew frustrated by a “kid” tailing his unmarked Ford Explorer on a motorized bicycle. It was 3:30 p.m. in Northeast Portland.
As the two approached Northeast 82nd Avenue, the ICE officer opened the center console and pulled out his service weapon, he later told police. He told a 911 dispatcher to send local officers or else he would take matters into his own hands.
“I need someone here now, or else I’m going to have to shoot this kid,” said Israel D. Hernandez, according to a recording of his emergency call exclusively obtained by OPB.
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A police officer and his son hit speeds of 130 mph drag racing
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – An off-duty Houston Police Department officer was arrested and charged with child endangerment after allegedly engaging in drag races with a child in the car, court records show.
Documents allege Officer Giovoinni-Quinn Gumataotao was racing at speeds exceeding 130 miles per hour, and was taken into custody by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
When Gumataotao was stopped, deputies found out there was an 8-year-old inside the car with him, documents show.
The Texas DPS Regional Director had a relationship with the defendant and tipped off the sex trafficking case
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — A revelation emerged Thursday in the ongoing sex trafficking case against Amanda Talbert and Noraier George Manassian: the person who first tipped off investigators was having a sexual relationship with one of the defendants.
According to the defense, Luciano had a sexual relationship with Talbert, and money was exchanged between them.
“I believe it wasn’t until about a year and a half into the case that we found out who the tipster was for the entire case, and that information came out today, and the tipster for this entire case was a DPS agent,” said Lisa Greenberg, one of Manassian’s defense attorneys. “The DPS agent was close friends with the TABC agent, tipped him off to this case, but never disclosed to us that that tipster, that DPS agent, that supervisor for DPS, was having a sexual relationship with the defendant, Amanda Talbert, had a long-term relationship. There was money exchanged.”
Texas DPS hit with $1.6M jury verdict in race discrimination, retaliation lawsuit
Jurors found that plaintiff Jerald Sams was harassed by DPS because of his race and that the agency knew, or should have known, about the harassment but failed to take prompt remedial action. The jury made the same findings for plaintiff Jari McPherson, concluding he was also harassed because of his race and that DPS failed to act despite having notice.
In addition, the jurors determined that McPherson would not have been subjected to adverse employment actions but for his complaints of race discrimination and found in his favor on the retaliation claim.
The jury answered “yes” to all but one liability question submitted on the verdict form and awarded damages for each corresponding claim. The “no” from the jury was in response to a question about whether Sams would have been promoted it weren’t for his race.
The combined total of all damages awarded exceeded $1.6 million, according to court records. The verdict was filed Jan. 29 in federal court.
Texas DPS trooper indicted on aggravated assault charge in connection with 2023 shooting
A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper has been indicted on an aggravated assault charge in connection with a shooting in 2023.
A special grand jury indicted Jason Tye on a charge of aggravated assault by a public servant with a deadly weapon, according to the Travis County District Attorney’s Office.
“Garza is a continued danger to the residents of Travis County as well as the law enforcement officers sworn to protect and uphold the law,” Robert Leonard, executive director of CLEAT, said. “We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again… the revolving door of justice is placing our law enforcement officers in great danger, and this is being perpetuated at an unprecedented level by Garza and the Travis County District Attorney’s Office.”
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Just in: Harris County Deputy shot in the hand by 3-year-old nephew while sleeping
Houston, Texas – An off-duty Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy was shot in the hand while sleeping after his 3-year-old nephew discharged a firearm at home on Tuesday, according to Harris County Precinct 4 deputies.
Deputies say that the gun was holstered, and somehow the child got hold of the firearm.
Authorities said the off-duty deputy was treated at a hospital and is in stable condition.
Texas Police Invested Millions in a Shadowy Phone-Tracking Software. They Won’t Say How They’ve Used It.
Texas spent millions on a Shadowy Phone-Tracking Software to Spy On Texans
Sheriff Roy Boyd worked as a career cop in the neighboring South Texas city of Victoria before being elected sheriff of Goliad County in 2020. He’s since hobnobbed with President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago and met repeatedly with border czar Tom Homan, and he leads a multijurisdictional task force named after Operation Lone Star, Governor Greg Abbott’s multi-billion-dollar border militarization mission.
The task force pools deputies and resources from nearly 60 Texas agencies, mainly for anti-smuggling operations. It began with mostly rural departments, but it expanded to include more populous counties, the Texas National Guard, the U.S. Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the Coast Guard. Task force members have spent at least $300,000 on Tangles, and according to emails obtained from Goliad County, many have been granted access to the software, which can track mobile device movements via third-party commercial data.
The software has been criticized by civil liberties advocates, especially given that its WebLoc add-on enables warrantless device tracking. Normally, when U.S. police officers seek cell phone records or location data, they must obtain a warrant by presenting probable cause of a crime to a judge. In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Carpenter v. United States that warrants are required for obtaining location data from cell phone providers. But the rise of the multi-billion-dollar data broker industry has created a free-for-all that enables police and others to purchase massive amounts of cell phone location data without judicial review.
Fayette County Deputies Arrived With Weapons Drawn on a Man- County Facing Federal Lawsuit
La Grange, Texas – A Texas man says a routine walk through La Grange turned into an armed standoff, jail confinement, and a federal civil-rights lawsuit after Fayette County deputies responded to two 911 calls reporting nothing more than a person legally carrying a firearm.
Jayce Gilliam filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on December 30, 2025, naming Fayette County, Deputy Seth Daniel Nagel, and Sergeant Ron Naumann over what happened on July 13, 2024. The filing states Gilliam was walking near 680 East LaFayette Street with a rifle on a sling and a concealed handgun when law enforcement arrived, even though he was holding only a camera and never touched or pointed either firearm.
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Comal County Deputy Narcotics Supervisor Demoted, Reassigned to Courthouse Security
A narcotics supervisor with the Comal County Sheriff’s Office was demoted and reassigned to courthouse security after an internal review that also resulted in a reduction in rank and pay. The circumstances surrounding the demotion and the timeline leading up to the personnel action are outlined in newly obtained records.
Breaking News – Rusk Police Chief Scott Heagney was terminated following an “internal issue.”
RUSK, Texas – The city of Rusk announced Friday that Police Chief Scott Heagney had been terminated following his placement on administrative leave after an “internal issue.”
In a statement, officials said the city “remained committed to maintaining a professional, accountable, and transparent Police Department. Public safety services will continue without interruption, and the city is taking appropriate steps to ensure leadership stability during this transition.”
Heagney was placed on paid administrative leave twice in 2025 after a complaint was made against him, City Manager Bob Goldsberry said.
The city manager was unable to reveal who filed the complaint or the nature of the grievance.
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How courts grant qualified immunity to police accused of off-duty misconduct
HOUSTON — Shanita Terrell believes someone spiked her drink the night she stopped by a Houston bar in 2020. Intoxicated and disoriented, she remembers little of what happened after that. A married mother of two who had recently moved to the city, Terrell did not know the Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy who approached her in full uniform.
Deputy Mark Cannon, working off-duty as a security guard at the bar, handed her a bottle of water before escorting her outside and encouraging her to go home with another law enforcement officer – a man she did not know. Hours later, Terrell woke up in pain.
What happened in between — reconstructed from the plaintiff’s allegations in court records and disciplinary rulings in police internal affairs files — raises questions about the supervision of law enforcement officers in off-duty environments and about the recourse citizens have when something goes wrong.
Humble Police Chief Daniel Zientek was relieved of duty without pay amid an investigation
HUMBLE, Texas – City officials announced the decision, saying Police Chief Dan Zientek is now on unpaid leave while an independent investigation continues.
The Humble city manager declined to speak on camera but confirmed during an in-person interview that the investigation began after two current police employees filed complaints against Zientek. The concerns were raised around the same time the city conducted an employee survey, roughly six months after Zientek took the job.
Lewisville Police Officer Caught In Public Sexual Act With 16-Year-Old
A Lewisville police officer was arrested on Friday morning in Heath, Texas, and charged with sexual assault of a child after authorities found him engaged in sexual activity with a 16-year-old.
The arrest of 32-year-old Officer Zacur Vargas marks another case of law enforcement misconduct involving minors, raising questions about police vetting procedures.
Officers discovered Vargas and the teenager engaged in sexual activity in a public place.
Former Madison County sheriff’s deputy found guilty of sexual assault
MADISON COUNTY, Texas – After a weeklong trial, a former Madison County sheriff’s deputy was found guilty of a sexual assault from over 25 years ago.
Ivan Linebaugh was accused of sexually assaulting a woman he pulled over while on duty for the Madison County Sheriff’s Office in 2000.
The original incident happened on April 25, 2000, but was reopened by Texas Rangers in 2017 after DNA testing provided new evidence. The Texas Rangers then arrested Linebaugh in 2020.
He was employed by the Madison County Sheriff’s Department until 2011.
Texas Police Officer Charged with Manslaughter After 2 Siblings Are Killed in Car Crash
BAYTOWN, Texas -New details have emerged in the deadly crash involving a Baytown police officer that killed two young brothers and injured their mother and sisters.
A Harris County grand jury indicted Baytown police officer Michael Hightower on two counts of manslaughter in the deaths of 10-year-old Jude Russell and 8-year-old Ryver Russell. He also faces one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon because their older sister was also seriously injured.
The crash happened when Hightower’s patrol car collided with a minivan carrying six members of the family. Initially, investigators believed the crash was a tragic accident. The crash report showed Hightower had the right-of-way at the intersection.
Sources say he was traveling 95mph in a 40mph zone. Court records also show that his emergency lights and sirens were not activated at the time of the crash.
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Texas DPS Trooper Is Sent Home For Bumping Into South Carolina Players During The Game Against Texas A&M
A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper bumped South Carolina wide receiver Nyck Harbor and scolded him after Harbor scored a touchdown late in the first half of the Gamecocks’ game at Texas A&M.
Texas DPS – After Harbor pulled away from Aggies defenders on the way to an 80-yard touchdown, he slowly jogged up a tunnel while favoring his hamstring. As Harbor was followed by teammates and the South Carolina players walked out of the tunnel seconds after the touchdown, an officer bumped through the players before turning around to angrily say something to them.
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Questions remain – Brookshire police chief resigns amid two internal investigations
BROOKSHIRE, Texas – Brookshire Police Chief James Hines resigned overnight as the department faces two internal investigations.
The department is currently under scrutiny in two separate investigations involving employee conduct, one of which includes a captain.
In early June, an officer was caught on cellphone video chasing a group of stray dogs and fatally shooting one.
A second internal investigation involves Captain Miller, who is accused of hitting a 12-year-old boy riding an electric scooter.
Officials say the incident occurred on Tuesday, June 3, when Miller, driving an unmarked department vehicle, turned into his subdivision and struck the child.
The boy was injured and taken to a local hospital for treatment. The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident. No additional details have been released.
Update – Deputy Rhodes resigned before he was about to be terminated
Internal affairs found Rhodes to be insubordinate for disobeying the chief’s directives.
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Texas City police are staying silent after one of their officers was arrested for DWI in La Marque on Monday morning.
Police identified Tinney as the driver. They say he refused to perform a field sobriety test and was taken to the hospital for a blood draw before being booked in the Galveston County Jail.
Records show Texas City police arrested Tinney for drunk driving in 2011. He later pleaded to a lesser charge of reckless driving and was ordered to pay a $200 fine.
Fort Bend County deputy arrested, charged with sexual assault, sheriff’s office says
The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy is without a job after being accused of sexually assaulting someone.
Authorities said a grand jury indicted Deputy Whitney Johnson III with sexual assault on Monday.
“Deputy Johnson was terminated on the date of this indictment, and the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement was notified of his arrest. The allegation was for off-duty conduct and was investigated by the Sheriff’s Office Internal Affairs section and the District Attorney’s Office,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
Sheriff Garrett Durrenberger of Lee County was arrested for DWI
Sheriff Garrett Christian Durrenberger of Lee County was arrested Sunday morning for driving while intoxicated. Sheriff Durrenberger is the grandson of Washington County Judge John Durrenberger and the son of Bank of Brenham President Gary Durrenberger of Brenham.
Durrenberger has been the Lee County sheriff since July 2023 and was reelected in 2024.
Jury finds LA protester not guilty of assaulting border patrol agent
Brayan Ramos-Brito was acquitted after US immigration officials were accused in court of lying about the incident
A Los Angeles protester charged with assaulting a border patrol agent in June was acquitted on Wednesday after US immigration officials were accused in court of lying about the incident.
Border Patrol and prosecutors alleged that Ramos-Brito struck an agent during a chaotic protest on 7 June in the south Los Angeles County city of Paramount outside a complex where the Department of Homeland Security has an office. But footage from a witness, which the Guardian published days after the incident, showed an agent forcefully shoving Ramos-Brito. The footage did not capture the demonstrator assaulting the officer.
Horny Female Police Officer Didn’t Get Laid So She’s Given Everyone a ticket today
A horny police officer in Houston is under investigation after posting on social media about writing “everyone” a ticket because she didn’t get any sex the night before.
The viral video shows Harris County Constable Precinct 5 Deputy Jennifer Escalera sitting in a squad car in her uniform — with her nameplate visible — taking out a pen and writing on her notepad … with an onscreen caption, “Didn’t (sic) get cracked last night so everyone is getting a ticket.”
Escalera shared the video on TikTok and it went viral … and she’s since deleted it from her account.
Harris County Constable Precinct 5 Public Information Officer Jeff McShan tells TMZ … Escalera is under investigation, and in the meantime, she is still on active duty.
She frequently posts about being a cop on TikTok, including “Get Ready With Me” videos of her getting ready for work by putting on makeup, then grabbing her uniform, gun, and utility belt from her closet.
Officer Megan Davis was arrested for DWI – Police Chief White hired her at the Prairie View police department
Prairie View – Officer Megan Davis was a no-show for work at the Texas University police. She was arrested for DWI.
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