Lavaca County court documents reveal some details of a sexual assault allegation that prosecutors say is at the center of failure to report abuse charges for three Hallettsville school officials.
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A Port Lavaca police investigation has determined an officer was justified in killing a dog last week.
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Investigators say a motel-room fire that critically injured a Yorktown man last week was probably an accident.
A Houston man will serve 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to robbing an employee of a Victoria automobile dealership.
A driver ran a red light, causing a two-vehicle crash at a Victoria intersection Tuesday morning, police said.
A hive of bees that fatally attacked a man earlier this month was eliminated by an exterminator Monday.
A house fire started Sunday evening after a family cooked dinner at their home at the intersection of De Leon and Commercial streets.
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Mario Salinas Sr. was at his double-wide trailer with his wife and children this Father’s Day as one of his daughters, Kristina Salinas, mowed the lawn in preparation for her 16th birthday party.
A 30-year-old Cuero man by Cuero police June 7 on a Kleberg County warrant charging motion to revoke probation in an evading arrest case; capias pro fine charging theft of property, fined $666; and a capias pro fine charging bail jumping and failure to appear, fined $361.
Victoria Crime Stoppers is looking for information regarding the location of Margie Estrada.
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Ashley Garcia Palacios said her parents have tragically been taken from her and her siblings after their mother confessed Thursday to killing their father.
A Yorktown man was in critical condition after a fire burned his motel room Thursday morning.
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PORT O’CONNOR – The heavy law enforcement presence that crowded Liberty Arms Boat and RV Storage on SH 185 throughout Monday and Tuesday had mostly cleared out by Wednesday afternoon.
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Goliad sheriff’s officials say the man they arrested on a capital murder charge was also responsible for a drive-by shooting last month.
Hondo police investigators have concluded their investigation into allegations of sexual assault by members of the Hallettsville High School baseball team.
Two Victoria men were arrested Wednesday on allegations of sexual assault of a child.
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The drivers of a sport utility vehicle and city-contracted street sweeper were taken to Victoria hospitals after a crash about 10:50 a.m. Tuesday on Port Lavaca Drive at South Ben Jordan Street.
The 28-year-old woman who was taken into custody Monday after a stabbing in the 400 block of Lariat Lane has been identified as Keely Dandley, of Victoria.
PORT O’CONNOR – A law enforcement tractor-trailer was parked at a Port O’Connor boat and RV storage facility Monday night.
May 30 about 2:50 a.m., an unknown person drove a stolen truck through the front of a convenience store on the 1800 Block of North Delmar Drive. The driver then got out of the truck through the passenger side and fled the scene. Investigators believe he used the truck to gain access to the i…
Nathan Cortinas, who was killed in a Thursday night shooting in Goliad, was 19 years old when he died. He would have turned 20 on Monday. His age was incorrect in stories on Page A1 on Saturday and Monday.
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A 28-year-old woman in custody for a mental health evaluation after stabbing a woman multiple times Monday has been identified as Keely Dandley, of Victoria.
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Firefighters were dispatched at 3:08 p.m. Monday to a 7-Eleven store in Bloomington after smoke was reported inside.
The investigation into a fatal Goliad shooting is still in its early stages, said the county’s sheriff Monday.
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Nathan Cortinas would have turned 20 years old Monday.
VICTORIA – A pit bull from a home in the 3800 block of Willie Street on June 4.
YOAKUM – A 16-year-old Yoakum girl by Yoakum police June 4 on a charge of possession of marijuana. She was transferred to the Victoria County Juvenile Detention Center.
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GOLIAD – A gunman opened fire Thursday on a parked car in Goliad with two adults and an infant inside, leaving the child’s father dead and wounding his mother, according to authorities.
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A jury sentenced two men Friday to 35 years in prison each after finding them guilty Thursday of murdering a man in October 2017.
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Jurors learned Friday that the man they had just convicted was fired years ago from the Victoria County Sheriff’s Office for harassing another man and sending revenge porn to his friends and family.
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Minutes after reporting an 11-1 impasse, a jury of 11 women and one man returned with a not-guilty verdict for sexual assault for former Victoria County constable Jesse Garza.
Trial continued Wednesday for two men charged with the capital murder of a Port Lavaca man who was found killed by a single gunshot at his apartment.
A former Victoria County constable’s text messages did not corroborate his version of events about sexual assault allegations.
Monday, the Victoria Police Department Special Crimes Unit along with the VCSO and the US Marshal Gulf Coast Violent Offender Fugitive Task Force arrested 35-year-old Victoria resident Chlisa Zermeno at a home in the 700 block of Timber Road.
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A former Victoria County constable twisted an 18-year-old’s desire to work in law enforcement into an opportunity to rape her, the woman testified.
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Monday marked the first day of trial for a former Victoria County constable accused of sexually assaulting a woman during a ride-along.
The Texas Rangers are investigating the shooting of a 12-year-old child who was severely injured by a pellet gun at a Jackson County deputy’s home.
A driver faces a money laundering charge after a Refugio County deputy discovered $131,900 concealed inside his SUV during a routine traffic stop, a sheriff’s official said.
DeWitt County Drainage District No. 1 will hold public meetings Friday to present a plan to protect property and enhance the quality of life within its jurisdiction, according to a news release.
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Several suspected undocumented immigrants and the person suspected of driving them were arrested Friday after they bailed from a vehicle near the Victoria-Refugio county line.
A Victoria teen’s quinceañera was suddenly and prematurely ended by a power outage Saturday night.
Victoria Crime Stoppers is looking for information regarding the location of Clarence Lee Holmes. As of June 7, Holmes has an outstanding warrant for violation of parole. His original charge was for manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance. He is 47 years old, 6 feet tall and weighs…
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The Victoria Advocate’s former business manager will have to pay back a large sum of what she stole from the newspaper.
A biennial piano duel in Cuero is now going to be a yearly event.
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