Police chief: Trinity dispatcher arrested for stealing meth out of evidence

Police dispatcher has been arrested following an investigation in connection with the theft of methamphetamine placed into evidence May 4, 2018TRINITY, TX (KTRE) – A Trinity police dispatcher has been arrested following an investigation in connection with the...

Police evidence room vital to solving cases

The strangest thing she’s had in the evidence vault was a goat’s head. Enter Article DATE HEREBy Ruth Campbell rcampbell@oaoa.com Posted on Apr 1, 2018by Ruth Campbell In the nooks and crannies of the Odessa Police Department, evidence from the...

Former Ellis County Deputy Sentenced For Stealing & Selling Guns From Evidence Room January 8, 2018 at 11:57 am

Ex-Ellis County sheriff’s Lt. Philip Gary Slaughter, who supervised an evidence room, was sentenced to 15 months for possession or sale of stolen firearms. January 8, 2018DALLAS (AP) – A former North Texas sheriff’s deputy must serve more than a year in...

Gun used in SAPD officer’s murder missing

No one from the San Antonio Police Department would say where it might be or if it will ever be recovered. November 4, 2017AN ANTONIO – What happens to a gun used in a crime?You might assume police take it and lock it away as evidence, but as KENS 5 found out,...

Houston faces class action lawsuit from sexual assault victims

The Houston Forensic Science Center took over the police department’s forensic operations in 2014 and said it eliminated a backlog dating to the 1980s that it inherited from the police department. October 1, 2017Current and former Houston officials are facing a...

Skeletal remains found in septic tank ID’d as woman who vanished in 2004 (DNA)

The remains, which were found on July 26 in a tank in Weslaco, were positively identified as Johnson through DNA, according to the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office. September 27, 2017HIDALGO COUNTY, Texas — Skeletal remains discovered in a southern Texas...