Share/Bookmark MIDLAND — A North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to a judge to threatening the life of President Barack Obama and faces up to five years in a federal prison. Appearing before Magistrate David Counts in Midland on Thursday, Robert Frank Ackerman, 45, admitted he had threatened to travel to Washington, D.C., to kill
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Share/Bookmark A bus fire caused traffic delays for Thursday evening commuters on the North Freeway near Greens Road. The Woodlands Express bus caught fire about 5:30 p.m. on the northbound HOV lanes. The flames sent thick clouds of smoke into the sky that could be seen for several miles. The passengers were taken off the
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Share/BookmarkA Houston West Point cadet suspended after he was embroiled in an altercation with soul singer Patti LaBelle’s entourage at Bush Intercontinental Airport in March will be allowed to return to class Monday, a military academy spokesman said today. Richard King, 23, suffered a concussion in the March 11 episode in an airport passenger pickup
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Share/BookmarkSenior Obama administration officials this afternoon announced a national, case-by-case review of the more than 300,000 cases pending on the immigration court docket with plans to cull out suspected illegal immigrants without serious criminal records. The review, which affects only those illegal immigrants already in removal proceedings, seeks to use the government’s resources to target
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Share/BookmarkA former Harris County sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Thursday to five years in federal prison for twice accepting $500 from an alleged drug dealer in exchange for protection and access to confidential information. George Wesley Ellington, 39, pleaded guilty in April to extortion under color of official right, which occurs when a government employee uses
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Share/BookmarkHouston Police Chief Charles McClelland relieved a veteran HPD officer who is accused of fondling a woman he arrested in March. In a statement released Wednesday, McClelland would only say that Sgt. O.J. Latin was relieved after HPD became aware of “serious allegations” against the officer, who joined the department in February 1994. Houston attorney
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Share/BookmarkA construction firm that won a disputed, multimillion-dollar contract with the Houston school district paid nearly $185,000 in consulting fees to trustee Larry Marshall’s campaign treasurer, according to documents filed on Wednesday in a lawsuit by a competing bidder. The suit alleges Marshall received kickbacks from the winning construction firm, RHJ-JOC, through the treasurer, Joyce
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Share/BookmarkA day after Mayor Annise Parker ripped American Traffic Solutions for “jerking us around” and failing to negotiate in good faith, she said Wednesday that she hopes the two sides can reach a solution through mediation scheduled this weekend. American Traffic Solutions’ response on Wednesday echoed Parker both in expressing hope for an amicable outcome
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Share/BookmarkA suspect has been arrested today following a shooting that left one man dead and two others wounded after the gunman was bit by a dog at a party near Third Ward last weekend, authorities said. Walter Hinton, 38, is charged with murder in the shooting death of Robert Jones at a home in the
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Share/BookmarkOfficials have released details of the arrest of a New York City man after cocaine valued at more than $300,000 was discovered hidden in the sports utility vehicle he was driving following a traffic stop on Interstate 45 in Montgomery County last week. Omar Ventura, 35, is charged with aggravated possession of a controlled substance,
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