Christopher Johnson, a Harris County, Texas man, was arrested in 2015 on suspicion of drunk driving, and he claims in a new lawsuit that cops roughed him up for smiling in his mugshot. Johnson is suing the Harris County Sheriff’s Department for $5 million after employees there allegedly choked him as he was smiling in the […]
Beyoncé is probably the last person you’d want to try and get over by using her namesake, considering she is one of the world’s biggest superstars. A Texas merchandise company by the name of Feyoncé has been selling goods with the altered name, prompting Queen Bey to launch a lawsuit citing trademark infringement.
A Texas college student pinched pennies to fulfill a childhood promise to his family. Last week, 24-year-old Stefun Darts presented his grandparents with a $15,000 check to pay off the mortgage on their home.
David Joseph was shot and killed in North Austin, Texas on Feb. 8 by Austin Police Officer Geoffrey Freeman, this after he arrived at an apartment complex in response to a disturbance. On Monday, Officer Freeman was fired by the APD during a press conference after it was determined he used excessive measures during the […]
Two Texas drug traffickers who say they worked with corrupt cops to stage phony cocaine busts have been arrested in separate instances this month. Mario Alejandro Solis, 37, was arrested last Friday (Mar. 11), and Carlos Aron Oyervides, 40, was arrested March 4 in similar cocaine cases.
President Barack Obama and J. Cole will be the special guests of a Democratic National Committee fundraising event during SXSW weekend in Austin, Texas. The event will be hosted by will.i.am and Will “Whurley” Hurley of Honest Dollar.
Mike Jones’s name is being pulled into a human trafficking scandal. Sounds crazy right? That’s because it’s completely fake.
The mother of Ethan Couch, the Texas teen who got probation after killing four people in a drunk driving incident and recently evaded authorities by fleeing to Mexico, was released from jail Tuesday (Jan. 12). Tonya Couch’s $1 million bail was reduced to $75,000 after some successful arguing from her attorney.
Brian Encinia, the Texas State Trooper who arrested Sandra Bland ahead of her mysterious death in Waller County last July, has been charged with perjury. The grand jury in the case indicted Encinia after observing that he didn’t tell the complete truth around how he handled Bland’s arrest and removal from her car.
Five months after Sandra Bland died in a Texas jail cell, a grand jury has decided not to to indict any jail employees connected to her death. The decision, handed down Monday (Dec. 21) follows hours of evidence heard by the jury.
The popular conception that having wealth and influence will afford you a “Get Out Of Jail Card” isn’t exactly a myth or urban legend.
Bill Furay, head of the Beaumont,Texas Drug Enforcement Agency, must’ve inspired his teenage daughter to get into the business. After busting tons of traffickers in his day, Furay may have been surprised to find out that his own chid is a young drug lord.
