Texas has the tools to end the rape kit backlog. Let’s use them.

The rape kits collecting dust in Texas labs represent unidentified criminals that could be named and prosecuted, even halting repeat rapists February 6, 2021That’s the number of untested rape kits in Texas, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety, and...

Want your wallet back when you get out of jail? San Antonio wants $25 for holding it

“You’re preying on poor people’s lives,” said Laquita Garcia, a San Antonio-based bail reform advocate” December 29, 2021The San Antonio Police Department charges a $25 fee for prisoners to get their own property returned to them after...

GCSO wants to reunite weapons with lawful owners

Burglary and other victims would come in seeking their property and would have to be told it couldn’t be found November 5, 2020The Greenlee County Sheriff’s Office needs your help.The GCSO has more than 300 firearms in evidence lockers that need to be...

San Juan County’s biggest pot bust ‘only a fraction’ of growing on Navajo Nation

Police seized 2,000 pounds of suspected marijuana, with an estimated street value of $2.8 million November 2, 2020ARMINGTON Three weeks ago, Farmington police and San Juan County sheriff’s deputies got a tip about a man moving a truckload of marijuana into a...

Texas Sheriff Charged With Destroying Evidence In Officer-Related Death

Williamson County grand jury indictment accuses Chody of intentionally destroying or concealing video and audio recordings of the fatal encounter, which was filmed for the television show Live PD. September 30, 2020A Texas sheriff has been indicted on felony charges...

Suspect Arrested in 1974 Cold Case Murder of Carla Walker; Was ‘Random Attack’: Police

DNA profile was then used to narrow the search to three brothers with the last name McCurley. Enter Article DATE HERESeptember 22, 2020Suspect was a person of interest in the 1974 slaying but detectives said there wasn’t enough evidence to tie him to the...