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HOUSTON, TX – Charges have been filed against a suspect arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a woman found in an apartment at 705 Lorraine Street around 6:25 p.m. on August 4. The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Gustavo Lerma, is charged with murder in the 209th Criminal District Court. The victim was identified as 31-year-old Jakayla Alfred. Houston police said patrol officers responded to a person down call and found Alfred unresponsive inside the apartment. She was pronounced deceased at the scene. An autopsy determined she died from fatal gunshot wounds. Investigators identified Lerma, Alfred’s partner, as the suspect. He was first arrested on unrelated charges by the Northeast Patrol Division’s Crime Suppression Team and later charged for his role in the s...

HARRIS COUNTY, TX – According to Constable Mark Herman, deputies with his office assisted the Houston Police Department with a warrant service at the Comfort Inn and Suites in the 3555 block of FM 1960 Road West at approximately 3:02 a.m. on September 4, 2025. Deputies located a suspect at the scene identified as Christopher Do. Further investigation revealed Do had an open warrant for murder out of the State of California. Constable K-9 “Lanzo” assisted in the operation, helping deputies safely take Do into custody. He was turned over to the Houston Police Department’s Crime Reduction Division without further incident.

HOUSTON, TX – Charges have been filed against a suspect arrested in connection with a fatal crash in the 9300 block of Country Creek Drive around 9:50 p.m. on September 5. The suspect, identified as 20-year-old Yimy Ricardo Ulloa-Padilla, is charged with failure to stop and render aid in an accident involving death in the 262nd Criminal District Court and driving while intoxicated in Harris County Criminal Court #11. Houston police said a white Ford F150 was traveling southbound when it hit 34-year-old Ricky Ornelas, who was walking in a moving lane of traffic. The Ford continued without stopping. Ornelas was pronounced deceased at the scene. Officers later located the Ford truck at 11660 West Bellfort Avenue and detained Ulloa-Padilla. He was determined to be impaired and sub...

HOUSTON, TX – A Mexican national and senior member of the Los Zetas cartel was sentenced to more than 31 years in federal prison for conspiring to manufacture and distribute large quantities of cocaine and marijuana. He was also ordered to forfeit $26.5 million. Eleazar Medina-Rojas, 53, also known as El Chelelo, of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, was a longtime Los Zetas leader who used violence to control key trafficking routes into the United States, including corridors leading to Brownsville, Laredo, and McAllen. According to court documents, Medina-Rojas personally facilitated the importation of more than 450 kilograms of cocaine and 90,000 kilograms of marijuana into the country. Between 2006 and 2007, Medina-Rojas served as a “plaza boss” in Monterrey, Mexico, commanding...

HARRIS COUNTY, TX – According to Constable Mark Herman, deputies conducted a traffic stop in the 23500 block of Aldine Westfield Road on September 6, 2025. The driver, identified as Ernesto Ramirez-Hervis, was found to have an open warrant for discharge of a firearm and two traffic offenses through Harris County. Ramirez-Hervis was arrested and booked into the Harris County Jail. His bond was set at $3,007 by County Court 7.

FRISCO, TX – Former True Health Diagnostics CEO Christopher Grottenthaler has agreed to pay $4.25 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that he arranged illegal kickbacks to physicians for laboratory referrals in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Two physicians, Dr. Hong Davis of Plano and Dr. Elizabeth Seymour of Denton, along with seven marketers, agreed to pay an additional $1,818,462 to resolve related allegations. With these settlements, the Department of Justice has secured more than $59 million in recoveries tied to managed service organization (MSO) kickback schemes involving over 50 physicians nationwide. Prosecutors alleged Grottenthaler facilitated payments disguised as MSO distributions, consulting fees, hand...