Purse-snatching attacker gets 45 years in chilling attack outside bar
Update 3:54 p.m. A Travis County jury this afternoon sentenced Steven Lawrence Keller to 45 years in prison for punching a woman, taking her purse and leaving her collapsed in a heap in a chilling...
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Bastrop County horse ranch linked to drug cartel
The federal indictment unsealed in Austin on Tuesday that accuses members of the violent Los Zetas drug cartel of laundering millions of dollars through the U.S. quarter horse industry states that most...
View ArticleFormer APD officer gets year in prison for tax evasion
Saying failure to pay taxes is among the most serious crimes, a federal judge today sentenced a former Austin police officer to a year in prison for failing to report income from private security jobs...
View ArticleHorse trainer accused in Zetas case to be released from jail
Update 4:44 p.m. Government prosecutors have withdrawn their appeal of a U.S. magistrate judge’s decision to release a Central Texas horse trailer on bond pending trial, according to the trainer’s...
View ArticleMan indicted in fiery death of tanker truck driver in southeastern Travis County
A 25-year-old man accused of causing a fatal tanker truck fire in March in southeastern Travis County has been indicted by a grand jury on a charge of criminally negligent homicide. Hernan...
View ArticleAccused Pflugerville drug smuggler owned nail salon, worked as mover
A Pflugerville man whose house was raided in a federal drug trafficking and money laundering case last week owns a nail salon and a moving company and had for several years arranged for large batches...
View ArticleYassine Enterprises labor suit settled
A class-action lawsuit filed against Yassine Enterprises on behalf of several former employees has been settled for $685,000. The suit alleged that the company, which operated nine Austin-area bars,...
View ArticleJudge's bribe invalidates libel ruling, Texas Supreme Court rules
A libel lawsuit against two Brownsville newspapers took an interesting turn today at the Texas Supreme Court, which acknowledged that it could not rule on the case because the trial court judge had...
View ArticleMan gets 10 years for breaking into vehicles near trails, stealing car
A state district judge today sentenced a man to 10years in prison after he was convicted at trial of breaking into vehicles parked near two trails in South Austin earlier this year. Judge Bob Perkins...
View ArticleDay care murder trial resumes, focuses on children's interviews
The trial of Christina Lyons, a Hays County day care provider charged with capital murder in the death of a 10-week-old, resumed Monday morning with lawyers focusing on the forensic interviews of...
View ArticleAustin doctor gets 71 months in prescription drugs case
A federal judge today sentenced a former West Lake Hills emergency room doctor to just under six years in prison for prescribing thousands of doses of prescription drugs without a medical purpose —...
View ArticleMedical examiner details injuries to 10-week-old in day care murder trial
A medical examiner described this afternoon the extensive injuries to a 10-week-old in the capital murder trial of Christina Lyons, a Hays County day care provider charged in his death. On Nov. 18,...
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Morton interview at KLRU to air in July
Michael Morton taped an interview for “Overheard with Evan Smith” this morning at KLRU’s studios on the University of Texas campus, divulging a few new details about his wrongful conviction, 25 years...
View ArticleFather of 10-week-old recalls baby's final moments in day care murder trial
The father of 10-week-old Benjamin Spencer tearfully recounted this morning the final moments of his life in the capital murder trial of the woman charged with the death of the baby. “Within minutes of...
View ArticleNew details in Jovita's heroin case emerge at hearing
Amado “Mayo” Pardo, the 64-year-old ex con who prosecutors say was the ringleader of a heroin dealing ring operated out of Jovita’s restaurant in South Austin, will remain in federal custody until at...
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Lawyer: Family plans to reopen Jovita's
The family that owns Jovita’s restaurant and music venue, which has been closed since it was raided last week amid allegations that it was used as a hub for a major heroin trafficking ring, wants to...
View ArticleHusband, sister of Christina Lyons take stand in day care murder trial
Attorneys representing Christina Lyons today sought to bolster their suggestion that Lyons’ daughter may have been responsible for the death of a 10-week-old boy at a day care facility. Lyons is...
View ArticleJudge appointed to hear DeLay motion on appeal
A San Antonio district judge will help the 3rd Court of Appeals determine whether Justice Diane Henson, a Democrat, should be recused from considering Tom DeLay’s money-laundering case. Under state...
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Brandon Daniel indicted on capital murder charge in officer's death
A Travis County grand jury this afternoon returned an indictment charging software engineer Brandon Daniel with capital murder in the April shooting death of Austin police officer Jaime Padron at a...
View ArticleMayo Pardo's hearing delayed; his nephew denied bond in Jovita's case
The man accused of being the ringleader of a heroin trafficking ring run out of Jovita’s restaurant - Amado “Mayo” Pardo - had his scheduled bond hearing delayed this morning at his lawyer’s request....
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