Jail and Corrections

1+ hour, 31+ min ago   (163+ words) SAN ANTONIO — A Bexar County jury found Eric Vasquez guilty of murder Friday in the 2025 shooting death of Jay Whitemountain Morales following a road rage incident. RELATED | Eric Vasquez on trial for murder after deadly road rage shooting Around 6:10 p.m....

9+ hour, 27+ min ago   (159+ words) WILSON COUNTY, Texas – A man was sentenced to eight years in prison for stabbing his brother in Wilson County in 2024, according to the 81st Judicial District Attorney. Dagoberto Rivera-Martinez pleaded no contest to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on Oct....

13+ hour, 30+ min ago   (200+ words) FLORESVILLE, Texas - As a Wilson County jury panel waited for jury selection Monday, Dagoberto Rivera-Martinez pleaded no contest to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and agreed to an eight-year prison sentence, according to a Facebook post from Audrey Gossett…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (385+ words) Philip Marcelo And Larry Neumeister NEW YORK – The wife of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was set to be back in court Thursday, where her lawyers will urge a judge to free her from jail and put her under house…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (715+ words) Michael Tarm And Herbert G. Mccann CHICAGO – Dennis Hastert, whose legacy as Congress’ longest-serving Republican House speaker was later fouled by allegations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior career as a teacher and wrestling coach, has died,…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (253+ words) 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 4pm. Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán once fantasized about leaving drug trafficking behind to be a famous singer in Mexico, according to his alleged former mistress. Lucero Sánchez López, who reportedly had a relationship and…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (900+ words) Republican David Rivera has been jailed since jurors found him guilty in May on all counts, including failing to register as a foreign agent and conspiracy to commit money laundering as part of his work for former Venezuelan President Nicolás…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (755+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Christa Pike was scheduled to be executed. But after two injections, she kept breathing. She made snoring sounds, she talked, she said her arm was hurting. Pike, sentenced to die for torturing and killing 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (499+ words) A white Dallas police officer convicted of killing a Black man in his apartment that she mistook for her own was granted parole Thursday after serving seven years of her 10-year sentence. The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole, which…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (176+ words) BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – A man who was previously accused of first-degree murder is guilty on a lesser charge Monday in a Bexar County courtroom, according to the District Attorney’s office. A jury determined Israel Anthony Cortez, 28, killed his friend Robert…...