DNA assists in arrest of Austin sex offender in Wisconsin

KVUE Television, Inc., kvue.com BYLINE: KVUE News Link to Article Austin, TX Wisconsin police arrested a man accused of sexual assault in downtown Austin last year, and they did it with help of DNA evidence. APD detectives say Shawn Paul Decker sexually assaulted a...

Inmates evacuated in bomb scare at city magistrate’s office

San Antonio Express-News, METRO AND STATE NEWS; Pg. 2B BYLINE: Guillermo X. Garcia, STAFF San Antonio, TX A bomb scare at the city magistrate’s office triggered some anxious moments as dozens of manacled inmates were temporarily evacuated from the building...

Texas lawman charged with stealing evidence guns

The Associated Press State & Local Wire, STATE AND REGIONAL Houston, TX A former Houston-area police officer has been charged with federal firearms violations after he allegedly kept weapons illegally that had been confiscated as evidence. Prosecutors accused...

Odor leaves department feeling green

Corpus Christi Caller-Times, SECTION: B; Pg. 9 BYLINE: Katherine Rosenberg, rosenbergk@caller.com / 886-3778 Corpus Christi, TX The last thing you would expect to smell in the police department is the strong odor of marijuana. But that’s what many visitors and...

Sheriffs Office Former deputy indicted for theft;

The Clay County Leader (Henrietta, Texas) BYLINE: Matt Kelton Clay County Leader Clay County, TX Hamberger accused of taking firearm from evidence room Scott Alan Hamberger, a former deputy with the Sheriff’s office, has been indicted on one count of theft of a...