Trial in Jovita's heroin case set for February
The federal trial for 15 people who officials say participated in a heroin-dealing ring based in part out of Jovita’s restaurant and music venue in South Austin has been set for Feb. 11. U.S. District...
View Article30-year sentence in East Austin killing
An Austin man has pleaded guilty to murder in exchange for a 30-year sentence in the October killing of an 18-year-old at a Springdale Road apartment complex in East Austin. Timothy Phillips, 23, had...
View ArticleJimenez asks high court to revive appeal in baby's death
Lawyers for Rosa Jimenez, convicted in 2005 of killing a year-old boy by stuffing paper towels down his throat, today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review claims that she is innocent of the crime....
View ArticleAustin killer on death row dies, officials say
Selwyn P. Davis, sentenced to death by a Travis County jury for the 2006 Austin murder of his girlfriend’s mother, was found dead in his cell on Texas’ death row last week, according to a spokesman for...
View ArticleFormer state employee pleads guilty in time sheet case
A former Texas Department of Criminal Justice employee pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor Friday for falsifying her time report. Christal Hill, 35, at the time she was indicted in April, initially was...
View ArticleNestande trial set for September
Gabrielle Nestande will stand trial beginning Sept. 17 in the case of a fatal hit-and-run accident in Tarrytown in May 2011. Nestande did not appear at a hearing setting her trial date in Travis County...
View ArticleDog attack trial begins
Jurors began hearing testimony today in trial of Verna Cooper, accused of failing to secure a pit bull mix that injured an 11-year-old girl riding her bike in March 2011. Cooper is charged with attack...
View ArticleDefendant testifies in dog attack case
A sobbing Verna Cooper told a Travis County jury Wednesday afternoon that she did not open a door at her home that apparently allowed her pit bull mix to attack a girl on her bicycle. Cooper is charged...
View ArticleArena case ends with time served, no sex offender status
Reaching an agreement with Bell County prosecutors today, Michael Arena will serve no more prison time for a 1999 conviction for molesting a young cousin who later said the incident never happened....
View ArticleDog attack case goes to jury
After one and one-half days of testimony, a Travis County jury began deliberations this morning in the case of Verna Cooper, who’s accused of attack by dog in an incident last year in which her pet...
View ArticleWoman found guilty in dog attack case
A Travis County jury found Verna Cooper guilty for recklessly failing to restrain her pit bull, which had a history of aggression and which bit and severely injured a neighborhood girl in March 2011....
View ArticleTrial in officer's death may be put off until late next year
Lawyers for accused cop killer Brandon Daniel, a prosecutor and state District Judge Brenda Kennedy met in court today and discussed the possibility of holding his trial as early as April. Defense...
View ArticleMan sentenced to 20 years in 2010 bus stop homicide
A 19-year-old man has pleaded guilty to murder and received a 20-year sentence in a 2010 Southeast Austin shooting that police say was gang related, according to court documents. Enrique Barriga...
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Man pleads guilty to killing 7-week-old daughter, sentenced to 50 years
After the death of his 7-week-old daughter last year, Nathan Hogan told an Austin homicide detective that he had beaten her after she would not stop crying, according to a police affidavit. Today,...
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Man gets 45 years in purse snatching from elderly woman
A man who was caught on video snatching the purse of an 84-year-old woman outside a Sears store last year was sentenced to 45 years in prison today, according to prosecutors. Senior state District...
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Man charged in 1980 Wilco murder makes first court appearance
Steven Alan Thomas, the man charged in connection with the 1980 sexual assault and strangulation of 73-year-old Mildred McKinney, made his first court appearance today in Williamson County. Thomas, who...
View ArticleAbdo sentencing postponed to Friday
After convicted bomb plotter Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo complained he didn’t receive enough advance warning, today’s sentencing hearing was cancelled just moments before it was scheduled to begin. The...
View ArticleAbdo sentencing delayed until Friday
WACO — After convicted bomb plotter Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo complained he didn’t receive enough advance warning of a scheduling change, today’s sentencing hearing was canceled just moments before it was...
View ArticleAbdo gets two life terms, plus 60 years
WACO - A federal judge this morning sentenced Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo to two consecutive life sentences, plus 60 years in prison for plotting to bomb and shoot Fort Hood soldiers in 2011. Abdo, who...
View ArticleMentally ill woman gets probation for setting house on fire
A mentally ill woman accused of setting fire to an East Austin home where she lived with her grandmother has pleaded guilty to arson and been sentenced to 10 years deferred adjudication, a form of...
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