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Weslaco drive-by shooting suspect arrested
WESLACO — Police arrested a man accused of opening fire at a home earlier this week.
A judge charged Adrian Caballero, 30, with aggravated assault, a second-degree felony, and deadly conduct, a third-degree felony, Friday, according to a news…
Mexican national convicted of gun violation
McALLEN — A federal jury convicted a Mexican national of having a gun while under felony indictment.
Juan Jesus Acevedo Gallegos, 42, a legal permanent resident alien, was convicted in U.S. District Court on Thursday morning in McAllen.
During a…
Officials: Mayweather to take deal, clear cases
LAS VEGAS — Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. plans to plead guilty to reduced misdemeanor charges in a plea deal resolving felony allegations that he battered his ex-girlfriend, court officials said Tuesday.
Mayweather, 34, will face $3,000 in fines and…
Sylvia Handy smiles as she faces new corruption charges
EDINBURG — Not even a new batch of felony charges could wipe the grin from Sylvia Handy’s face Monday morning.
The former Hidalgo County Precinct 1 commissioner appeared in the 139th state District Court to be formally charged on eight felony …
Sylvia Handy returns to Valley to face charges
EDINBURG — Sylvia Handy has returned to Hidalgo County to face charges in her felony theft case.
The former Precinct 1 Commissioner has been at a federal prison camp in Bryan since August 2010, after she pleaded guilty to tax fraud and harboring…
La Feria ‘Park Girl’ in jail to face felony theft charges
HARLINGEN — A La Feria woman who owns Park Girl Mobile Homes and returned to Cameron County to face felony theft charges has been sent to the county jail.
Jo Leigh Ares was arraigned Thursday on four counts of felony theft. Her bond was set at $1.2…
Former La Joya judge to appeal felony theft verdict
EDINBURG — Former La Joya municipal judge Joe Henry Garza will be home for Christmas, after all.
Jurors convicted Garza, 57, of theft by a public servant Wednesday in the 206th state District Court. Judge Rose Guerra Reyna ordered the former judge…
Jury to decide fate of former La Joya judge in felony theft case
EDINBURG — Ever Acosta learned his traffic tickets could finally pile up into jail time.
He owed $1,700 in fines to the City of La Joya. A warrant officer was looking to arrest him.
So he went and talked to Joe Henry Alaniz Garza — then the…
Former Hidalgo County sheriff’s investigator convicted for plot to steal pot
McALLEN — A federal jury convicted a former Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office investigator on a single felony count Thursday, leaving the onetime lawman facing five to 40 years in prison.
After three days of testimony, jurors found Heriberto Diaz,…
Officials Trying to Remove Hidalgo County Precinct 5 Constable
Current constable appealing convicted for felony theft