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Fourth Female School Employee Jailed This Month for Sexual Misconduct
Darian Rogers was charged with improper relationship between educator and student, a second-degree felony.
Magnolia ISD Teacher’s Aide Jailed, Fired for Sexually Assaulting a Student
Sheila Valdivieso is accused of felony sexual contact with an underage male student.
East Texas Judge Accused of Making Death Threat To Secure Plea Deal
Judge Franklin reportedly told the defendant he’d better accept the plea deal because dead men can’t testify.
Houston Man Out on Bond After Sister’s Death Now Faces New Charges
Gov. Greg Abbott has highlighted the case as an example of why Texas needs bail reform.
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Judge Rejects Immunity Claim of Lorena ISD Principal Who Ignored Teacher’s Sexual Abuse of 5-year-old Student
A federal judge has rejected an immunity claim by a Central Texas school administrator accused of facilitating a male teacher’s molestation of a 5-year-old female student in 2020-21. The judge found that Lorena Primary School Principal April Jewell’s lack of action to...
Seven Indicted in Houston Public Corruption Scheme
On Friday, Mayor John Whitmire and outgoing Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced seven people have been indicted for 14 public corruption felonies ranging from abuse of official capacity to tampering with evidence. The charges are related to a scheme...
Former Texas Teacher Gets 30 Years in Prison for Producing Child Porn
A former Texas teacher received the maximum sentence of 30 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to producing child pornography—specifically videos showing her performing sexual acts on a prepubescent child. Sonya Conchita Murillo, 33, was a substitute teacher...
Houston ISD to Call for $4.4 Billion Bond
After weeks of speculation, Houston Independent School District is moving closer to formally asking voters to approve a $4.4 billion school bond, the largest in the district’s history, this November. The district’s last bond was in 2012, and they are saying that, as...
Human Smuggler Sentenced to 15 Years
A human smuggler has been sentenced to 15 years in prison following a jury trial in South Texas. The smuggler, Deshawn Dawayne Griffin, was arrested and indicted last year in Kinney County on five counts of human smuggling. The 63rd District Attorney’s Office...
Texas Teacher Took Sexually Explicit Videos of Herself at School
UPDATED June 2 with a statement from Harborth. A Houston-area elementary school teacher filmed sexually explicit videos of herself while on campus, and community leaders are demanding that her teaching certificate be revoked. Adrienne Harborth was a music teacher at...
Dallas ISD Organized ‘LGBTQ Youth’ Trainings for School Staff
More internal communications have been released showing that Dallas Independent School District organized “LGBT” trainings for teachers at schools around the district. The Dallas Express obtained internal communications from an open records request revealing that...
Harris County Sheriff’s Chief of Staff Arrested
The Chief of Staff for the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Jason Spencer, was recently arrested for violating a protection order in Montgomery County. Spencer was sitting in his car outside of the home of his ex-wife in direct violation of the order and was arrested...
Former Democrat Bee County Commissioner Heads to Trial in Election Fraud Case
A former Bee County commissioner will be arraigned on May 29 on election fraud charges stemming from an alleged scheme to illegally register family members at an abandoned house so they could vote for another relative running for office. Carlos Salazar Jr., a deputy...