Frank Mooney
HOUSTON – A federal grand jury has indicted 15 suspected Houston gang members for their roles in a drug-trafficking operation that allegedly used a taco truck and the United States mail to deliver narcotics. Federal indictment The indictment alleges that all 15 were part of an organization that trafficked methamphetamine, powder cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, … Read more
The daughters of a US Army veteran whose death was discovered in a homeless encampment on the outskirts of downtown are questioning the Los Angeles Police Department’s handling of their mother’s case. Lucrecia Macias Barajas, 46, was discovered dead on May 12 by one of her three children, who tracked her mother’s cellphone to a … Read more
Approximately 2.5 million individuals and children receive both Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security benefits. While Social Security pays based on employment history, SSI is a needs-based program for people with little income and resources. Recipients who meet the income and eligibility requirements may be eligible for both programs. Adults under the age of … Read more
Houston – Over Memorial Day weekend, Harris County deputies launched an impaired driver effort to proactively minimize the amount of DWI-related infractions and fatal crashes within Precinct 4. Over the long weekend, 41 people were arrested for DWI. Deputies say the suspects were stopped for traffic offenses and showed symptoms of intoxication. According to Harris … Read more
Minneapolis — More than three years after a family of four from India died in a blizzard while attempting to cross into the United States along a remote stretch of the Canadian border, two men are scheduled to be sentenced in Minnesota on Wednesday on human smuggling charges for their roles in what prosecutors call … Read more
Autumn Welch wears a mink coat, leather gloves, and a bear mask to work these days, then enters a cage to feed and coo over a 12-pound (5.4 kg) black bear cub she intends to adopt as a family member. The orphaned cub was about two months old when he was discovered on April 12 … Read more
A multi-level operation, aptly dubbed “Fool Around and Find Out,” apprehended 255 alleged human traffickers, child sex predators, and illegal migrants in Central Florida. The Polk County, Florida, operation, which lasted nine days in May, resulted in the most people ever arrested in a single sting by the sheriff’s office. Sheriff Grady Judd told Fox … Read more
Sacramento, California – The governing board for California high school sports is modifying the competition rules for this weekend’s state track and field championships to allow more girls to compete, following a dispute over the participation of a transgender student-athlete. The California Interscholastic Federation claimed it was allowing more “biological female” competitors to compete in … Read more
A teen died in Texas after being hit by a jet ski whose driver fled the scene. Ava Moore, 18, was murdered after a watercraft carrying two female occupants struck her while kayaking on Grapevine Lake on Sunday evening, May 25, according to a news release shared on Facebook. Lisa Scrabeck, a witness who assisted … Read more
New York— A New York City drug dealer who admitted to selling the fentanyl-laced heroin that murdered a well-known transgender activist was sentenced to 19 years in federal prison on Tuesday, prosecutors announced. Michael Kuilan, 45, of Brooklyn, was also sentenced to pay $24,482 in restitution while forfeiting $30,000 and a seized handgun. “Cecilia Gentili … Read more