A Houston man is accused of making bomb threats against two local synagogues. The threats were made on April 30 against Congregation Beth Israel in southwest Houston and Congregation Or Ami in west Houston. Dante Phearse, 32, was arrested on Wednesday. He faces three counts of terroristic threats. According to court documents, Phearse was convicted of robbery charges in 2009. Click... Read the full post»

A Conroe woman's words to a potential rapist may have saved her from being sexually assaulted in her home. The incident occurred in the woman's apartment near I-45. According to the police, the woman woke up in the middle of the night and was surprised to find a masked man next to her in bed. He announced... Read the full post»

A large-scale online betting operation that circulated more than $1 billion in sports bets was halted last Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice. A federal grand jury in Oklahoma City formally charged 23 businesses and 34 people. In a statement, Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman said the Justice Department is persistent in prosecuting and punishing defendants who... Read the full post»

When police deputies delivered an eviction notice on Thursday, they found a disabled 4-year-old girl in a crib in the southwest Houston apartment. The child was connected to a ventilator and a feeding tube. Police took her to a nearby hospital for a check-up. Her mother, LaTasha Davidson, 21, is facing child endangerment charges. Davidson and her two... Read the full post»

A Tomball man is accused of signing up for multiple social networking services and posting nude photos of his ex-girlfriend. Matthew Ryan Guillory, 24, is accused of online impersonation. He allegedly created the accounts in September of last year. Guillory's ex-girlfriend came across the photos while she was browsing the Internet. A sheriff's deputy in Harris County used... Read the full post»

A pastor from Illinois has pleaded guilty to having an affair with a 17-year-old girl and telling her that their sexual relationship was approved by Jesus. Jack Schaap was a pastor at the First Baptist Church of Hammond. He stepped down from his position at the megachurch after members of the congregation found out about his relationship... Read the full post»

A man from the Los Angeles area was accused of drunk driving after he allegedly hit two men who were standing outside of a strip club and severed their legs. Terrence Conrad Meeks, 40, may be punished with up to five years in prison if he is convicted. Meeks reportedly crashed his BMW into the men on Sunday... Read the full post»

According to police, a mother in Oklahoma attempted to sell her two children on a social media website so that she could afford to bail her boyfriend out of jail. Misty VanHorn, 22, was arrested on child trafficking charges. One of her children is 2, while the other is 10 months old. VanHorn had been in contact with... Read the full post»

A former Houston hand doctor was sentenced on Friday to 180 days in jail for failing to pay child support. Michael Brown is guilty on six counts of contempt of court. He was given 180 days in confinement for each count, but he will serve all of them concurrently. A judicial order from March 2011 permitted Brown to... Read the full post»

A Houston man who once served in the Armed Forces pleaded guilty to mail fraud charges on Wednesday and said he lied about his war injuries in order to accept tens of thousands of dollars from nonprofits that wanted to help him. Michael Duye Campbell, 30, appeared before a federal judge in Dallas and admitted his crime.... Read the full post»