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December 10, 2013
Sword-Wielding San Antonio Man Demands Free Tacos From Restaurant
He wanted six tacos, and if his sword had anything to say about it, those tacos were going to be free.
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The Daily Post
December 5, 2013
Can a Female Soldier Really Be “Recruited” into Prostitution by a Superior?
Master Sgt. Brad Grimes of Fort Hood was found guilty of conspiring to patronize a prostitute and solicit adultery. But the allegations that came out during his trial are much worse.
The Daily Post
December 4, 2013
Leon County Police Are Searching For an Escaped Murder Suspect
Colt Morgan, 29, is suspected of killing Wende Marshall. When police attempted to arrest him in Buffalo, Texas—two hours northwest of Houston—he attacked the officer and has been on the run ever since.
The Daily Post
December 3, 2013
HPD Responds to Accusations that They Detained a White Girl for Traveling with Two Black Men
13-year-old Landry Thompson, from Tulsa, was on a trip to Houston with her dance instructor, 29-year-old Emmanuel Hurd, and her dance partner, 22-year-old Josiah Kelly, to tape a dance video at Houston's Planet Funk Studio. When police saw the three of them parked in a gas station lot, they had
The Daily Post
November 26, 2013
How Dallas Has Become a Global Leader on Stopping Domestic Violence
This week, after announcing yet another new tactic to curb domestic violence in the city, it's clear that Dallas's efforts could become a blueprint for other communities wanting to focus on this issue.
The Daily Post
November 14, 2013
Sabine County Sheriff Called Off Search For a Missing African-American Father Whose Clothes Were Found in a Field (UPDATE)
Last Thursday, 28-year-old Alfred Wright went missing after his car overheated. His shirts, pants, keys, and watch were found in a pasture—but the Sabine County Sheriff's Office called off the search on Monday, saying that there's "no evidence in this investigation that leads authorities to believe that there is foul
The Daily Post
November 13, 2013
Letter to the Editor of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
An open letter to the paper, asking why its editors decided to publish a certain story.
Business
November 8, 2013
This Story About A San Antonio Stripper/Accused Murderer Is Nuts
John William Snavely was recruited into the world of gay porn from the stage at a strip club in San Antonio. As the Houston Press story details in a story about his second career in Miami, where he's now in jail on murder charges, that is a dark world to enter.
Style & Design
November 5, 2013
Please Be Careful Before You Get Cosmetic Injections
On both ends of Texas, discount "plastic surgeons" have been shooting people full of potentially fatal substances.
The Daily Post
October 31, 2013
How the Austin Police Department’s Batmobile Technology Prevents High-Speed Chases
High-speed chases are dangerous, and now more avoidable.
The Daily Post
October 24, 2013
Fred Yazdi Was Convicted Of Murder Late Last Night
On February 3, 2012, Fred Yazdi shot and killed 23-year-old Enrique Recio. In the latest test of Texas's Castle Doctrine, his trial ended last night with a conviction.
The Daily Post
October 24, 2013
State Fire Marshal Attempts To Get Arson Evidence Reviewed; West Texas DA Attempts To Stop Him
Cameron Todd Willingham became famous in death after the arson science used to convict him of murder and send him to death row wasdebunked. The debunking came in 2009 when the Texas Forensic Science Commission investigation concluded that “a finding of arson could not be sustained” in his
The Daily Post
October 9, 2013
Houston, Two Of Your Sons Need To Go Home And Call It A Night
Deadspin's video of two street-fighting bros leads to some downright depressing commentary on the state of Houston.
The Daily Post
October 8, 2013
What Running Out of Pentobarbital Means For Texas
According to a Freedom of Information Act request by the Associated Press, Texas is down to its last eight vials of the lethal injection drug pentobarbital—and the Houston-area "compounding pharmacy" that made them wants them back. What happens when the state runs out?
The Daily Post
September 24, 2013
John Cornyn’s Quest To End “Murderabilia”
Senator John Cornyn has tried three times in seven years to pass a law outlawing the sale of "murderabilia," or memorabilia connected to famous criminals—will tying his latest attempt to the sale of a letter by Nidal Hasan help him finally get it through?
The Daily Post
September 23, 2013
No, Brits, It’s Not Illegal To Masturbate In Texas
According to the Guardian, masturbation can get you two years in Texas, but you can buy your way out of jail time through a policy intended to ease overcrowding. Is there anything about our criminal justice system they wouldn't believe?
The Daily Post
September 19, 2013
Texas Officers Put Their Policing on Social
Cops take to their cameras with #tweetalongs—but is it fair for officers to tweet out pictures of the people they stop?
The Daily Post
September 16, 2013
Texas’s Drone Law Is Pretty Much The Opposite Of Every Other State’s Drone Law
Only in Texas is there a law to prevent hobbyists from strapping digital cameras to RC helicopters that also allows law enforcement to watch citizens without a warrant.
The Daily Post
September 16, 2013
Shooting At Washington Naval Yard Recalls Fort Hood
The shooting at the Washington Naval Yard comes as Texas Senators seek support for a bill declaring Major Nadal Hasan's attack on Fort Hood to be "terrorism."
The Culture
September 10, 2013
Book ‘Em, Horns
How the writers behind the always informative, often hilarious blotter of the University of Texas police force are trying to make college students better citizens.
The Culture
September 9, 2013
Book ‘Em Horns: Between the Lines of UT’s “Campus Watch”
More minutiae from the University of Texas at Austin's infamously comical police blotter, including memories from longtime author Darrell Halstead and the story of a student who "made" Campus Watch.
Crime
August 1, 2013
Meanwhile, in Lufkin… July edition
Our favorite recent items from the Lufkin Daily News' police blotter.
The Culture
April 16, 2013
84-Year-Old Woman Charged With Plotting to Kill Prosecutors
Montgomery County inmate Dorothy Canfield allegedly wanted to hire a hitman to mimic the Kaufman County slayings.
SCANDALS
April 10, 2013
Darkness on the Plains
For decades, Stanley Marsh 3 was one of the most celebrated eccentrics in Texas. Then one Houston attorney set out to prove that he had a dark and terrible secret.
Border & Immigration
April 3, 2013
The Mistress and the Narcotraficante
An exclusive excerpt from a UT professor's new book on the Juárez drug wars
Crime
April 1, 2013
The Unresolved Murders of Texas Prosecutors
A Texas district attorney and his wife were found dead at their home, gunned down by unknown assailants, less than two months after an Assistant DA in the same office was shot outside the courthouse. There are no conclusive suspects, but the signs are pointing towards gang violence.
Norwood Trial
March 27, 2013
Mark Alan Norwood Found Guilty of Christine Morton’s Murder
“The big monster with the big mustache” is sentenced to life in prison.
Politics & Policy
March 27, 2013
Nobody’s Going to Take Your Guns Away
Why we need to get a grip on all this Second Amendment hysteria.
Fraud
March 27, 2013
The Strange And Sordid End of An A&M Professor
James Arnt Aune took his own life after allegedly being blackmailed for having an online relationship with a minor. The underage girl he corresponded with apparently may not have been a girl at all, but a grown man running a "catfishing" scam.
Norwood Trial
March 22, 2013
The Missing Gun
On the third day of Mark Alan Norwood's capital murder trial, an old friend testified that Norwood sold him the .45 that disappeared from Michael Morton's home after his wife, Christine, was murdered in 1986.
Norwood Trial
March 20, 2013
Critical Evidence
DNA testing of a blue bandana exonerated Michael Morton. Could the small square of cloth also be the linchpin that seals Mark Alan Norwood's fate?
Norwood Trial
March 19, 2013
Michael Morton Takes the Stand and Faces His Late Wife’s Alleged Killer
Prosecutors say they will prove that Norwood sold a .45 pistol that was stolen from the Morton home.
Bumsteers
March 12, 2013
Texas Judge Targeted For Assassination
A San Antonio inmate allegedly hired another man to murder the judge presiding over his case.
The Culture
March 11, 2013
Mrs. Clean
Running a halfway house for female ex-cons.
Politics & Policy
March 3, 2013
Why Russia Accused a Texan Adoptive Mother of Murder
When Max Shatto, a three-year-old adopted from Russia, collapsed dead in his backyard in Gardendale, Texas, the Kremlin’s response—to allege that he was abused and murdered—said more about Russian politics than it did about Texan mothers.
STRANGE CRIME
March 1, 2013
Meanwhile, in Lufkin . . . February Edition
Our favorite recent items from the Lufkin Daily News’ police blotter.
Bum Steer
February 20, 2013
Woman Calls 911 For Delivery, Gets Carried Out Instead
Her emergency? She needed cigarettes.
Bad Idea
February 13, 2013
History Teacher Lassoes Student Around the Neck
Accidentally, while trying to demonstrate (on his students) how cowboys herd steer.
Longreads
February 12, 2013
Trouble in Mind
Andre Thomas is deeply mentally ill. He is also a vicious murderer. How should he be punished?
Politics & Policy
February 6, 2013
El Paso Named Safest U.S. City
And the border was declared secure. What does this mean for immigration laws?
Art
February 3, 2013
Cadillac Ranch Could Be Torn Down
How the sex scandal consuming Amarillo art patron Stanley Marsh 3 also might bring down America's most famous roadside attraction.
Crime
January 31, 2013
Meanwhile, in Lufkin… January Edition
Our favorite recent items from the Lufkin Daily News’ police blotter.
Arts & Entertainment
January 23, 2013
Bum Steer: The Judge Who Facebooked Johnny Football’s Speeding Ticket
This is no way to revive The Battle of the Brazos: Ennis municipal court judge W. Lee Johnson, a Baylor alumnus, was publicly reprimanded for his none-too-subtle post about the A&M QB’s apparent moving violation.
January 21, 2013
Are Houstonians More Likely To Drink and Drive?
H-town and two other Texas cities have some of the worst drunk driving fatality rates in America.
January 21, 2013
As One Oswald Home Is Demolished, Another Is to Become A Museum
This week, Irving and Dallas took different approaches to residences formerly occupied by JFK's assassin.
January 21, 2013
Meanwhile, in Lufkin . . . December Edition
Our favorite recent items from the Lufkin Daily News’ police blotter.
January 21, 2013
Bachelor Who Attempted to Abduct and Poison His Mail-Order Bride Convicted
The "kidnapper" David Sartin hired to ship his Ukranian mail-order bride in a crate from Kiev to Texas was an ATF officer.
Border & Immigration
January 21, 2013
Federal Drug Bust Nabs the Sons of Hidalgo County Sheriff and Police Chief
Four police officers in the Rio Grande Valley, including the son of Hidalgo County sheriff Lupe Treviño, are accused of taking payoffs to protect cocaine shipments along the Mexican border.
January 21, 2013
Pig Entrails Draped over Cypress Mosque Gate in Likely Hate Crime
And it wouldn't be the first Islamophobic pig incident for the Houston exurbs either.
Critters
January 21, 2013
Donkey, Beware!
Mystery archer killed a third donkey from the same Fort Worth pasture this week.