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Montgomery County Secures First Murder Conviction Under Texas Fentanyl Law
The 2023 law allows anyone who supplies fentanyl resulting in death to be charged with murder.

Gainesville ISD Employee Caught in Underage Sex Solicitation Sting
School maintenance worker Hunter Jordan was charged with online solicitation of a minor.

San Antonio Teacher Accused of Upskirting 7-Year-Old Student
Jubilee Lake View teacher Augustine Rendon was charged with invasive visual recording of a girl’s private areas.

Belton ISD Teacher Faces Federal Child Porn Charges
Belton High School teacher Pietro Giustino is charged with possessing child sexual abuse material including depictions of minors engaged in sexual intercourse.
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South Texas School Board President Faces Felony Child Porn Charge
UPDATED June 20 with new information on federal charges against Svatek. A South Texas school board president and longtime trustee was arrested for possessing child sexual abuse material following a joint investigation by federal, state, and local authorities. Jerry...
El Salvadoran Illegal Alien Receives Death Penalty for Murder of Harris County Deputy
Oscar Rosales, an illegal alien with a violent record across two countries, will face the death penalty for gunning down a Harris County deputy. Rosales, a Salvadoran national living in Texas illegally, was found guilty of murdering Precinct 5 Constable Deputy Cpl....
DeSoto ISD Substitute Teacher Arrested for Sexually Assaulting Student
A Dallas-area substitute teacher is accused of sodomizing a student, and local parents say the school district never notified them of the allegations, even after the suspect was arrested. Bryson Lanier Newton, 23, was arrested in March and charged with sexual assault...
Former Houston Water Official Receives July Parole Review Despite 10-Year Sentence
Patrece Lee, a former maintenance manager at Houston Public Works, is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence for her role in a public corruption scheme involving city water-line repair contracts. However, Lee’s earliest date of parole eligibility is July 5—just...
Former Texas Teacher Sentenced to 60 Years for Fondling First-Graders
A now-former South Texas elementary school teacher was sentenced to 60 years in prison for continuously sexually abusing several of his first-grade students while on campus. Ryan Patrick England taught first grade at Elolf Elementary (now Elolf STEAM Academy) in...
Harris County Officially Ends Failed Guaranteed Basic Income Program
Harris County Commissioners voted Thursday to officially end its troubled guaranteed income pilot program and reallocate $14 million in unspent federal COVID-19 relief funds. The program, originally launched as Uplift Harris and later rebranded as the Community...
Democrat Elected Officials Share Pictures With Violent Protest Sign
Multiple Democrat elected officials were photographed in the immediate vicinity of a protest sign that read “8647 IS HE DEAD YET?” during Saturday’s “No Kings” protests in Houston, Texas. Some elected leaders shared images of the threatening sign on their personal...
Houston ISD Extends Superintendent Miles’ Contract After STAAR Test Gains
The state-appointed Houston Independent School District Board of Managers voted in a private meeting to give Superintendent Mike Miles a five-year contract extension. This means he will continue leading the district throughout the Texas Education Agency’s (TEA)...
Texas Teacher Faces New Sex Crime Charge After Arrest for Child Porn, Bestiality
An East Texas teacher arrested earlier this year for bestiality and possessing child pornography is facing a new charge of sexually touching a child. Hillary Danielle Williams, 34, was arrested Tuesday and charged with indecency with a child by sexual contact, a...