Texas

HOUSTON, TX – A suspect charged in the 2005 fatal shooting of a man at an apartment on Broadway Street has been arrested and returned to Houston to face prosecution. Luis Uriel Castillo, 39, is charged with capital murder in the 263rd Criminal District Court in connection with the death of 25-year-old Cornelius Ray. On January 10, 2005, Houston police responded to a welfare check at 8501 Broadway Street after friends were unable to contact Ray for several days. The apartment manager discovered Ray deceased on the bedroom floor with a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Houston Fire Department personnel. HPD Homicide Division detectives identified Castillo as the suspect, and capital murder charges were filed later that month. Authorities determined that Casti...

HOUSTON, TX – A Missouri City pharmacy owner and three Houston pharmacists were sentenced for running a pill mill operation that illegally sold over half a million opioid pills, including hydrocodone and oxycodone, to drug traffickers and paid straw patients. According to the Department of Justice, Arthur Billings, 61, owner and pharmacist-in-charge of Health Fit Pharmacy, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison and ordered to forfeit $2.6 million. Billings admitted to operating the Houston-based, cash-only pharmacy as part of a four-year conspiracy to unlawfully distribute controlled substances and to submitting false disability benefit claims. Court documents reveal that Health Fit Pharmacy repeatedly filled prescriptions—many fraudulent and issued under stolen physician id...

AMARILLO, TX – A 33-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with a man’s death in the 1100 block of Bluebell. File Photo (August 2025) According to the Amarillo Police Department, officers were dispatched around 2 p.m. on September 25, 2025, and found a deceased male who has since been identified as 57-year-old Paluku Valantin, inside a residence. Investigators noted signs of assault on the victim. Alline Ndayishimiye was taken into custody and booked into the Potter County Detention Center. The victim’s name is being withheld pending family notification. The Amarillo Police Department Homicide Unit continues to investigate. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Homicide Unit at 806-378-9468.

HARRIS COUNTY, TX – Judge Lina Hidalgo is calling on Commissioners Court to delay $100 million in proposed law enforcement pay raises and instead use those funds to help reduce a $410 million shortfall in the 2018 flood bond program. File Photo (August 2025) In a letter sent September 24, 2025, to County Auditor Mike Post and Budget Director Daniel Ramos, Judge Hidalgo suggested that Commissioners bring the law enforcement raises to voters in 2026 and repurpose the funds now to restart 27 flood bond projects currently on hold due to the funding gap. During the September 19 Commissioners Court session, Harris County Flood Control District Director Tina Petersen said the county cannot fulfill all of the original bond commitments unless the deficit is addressed. Over the course of...

HOUSTON, TX – Houston police are asking for the public's help identifying a suspect wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of 44-year-old Terry Clark at an apartment located at 6633 West Airport Boulevard. The shooting occurred around 12:30 a.m. on January 29, 2019. Witnesses told police they heard gunfire and then saw two Black male suspects fleeing Clark's apartment. The pair reportedly left the scene in a white SUV. One of the suspects, Trevon Demitri Lewis, 28, has been charged with murder in the 337th Criminal District Court. He was arrested on September 18 by HPD South Gessner Patrol Division’s Crime Suppression Team and the U.S. Marshals Service. The second suspect remains unidentified. He is described only as a Black male, approximately 5 feet 9 inches tall a...

HOUSTON, TX – Houston Police have arrested two additional suspects connected to a robbery that occurred just prior to the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Felix Caxaj Tax in southwest Houston. The incident happened around 11:05 p.m. on September 21 in the 3400 block of Unity Drive. Officers were first called to a robbery and carjacking in the 6300 block of Skyline Drive, where a man reported that three Hispanic male suspects, one armed with a rifle, had taken his vehicle by force. While officers were on scene, a citizen alerted them to a male lying on a nearby sidewalk. Police then located the victim, Caxaj Tax, with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced deceased at the scene. Investigators determined that after the carjacking, the suspect with the rifle drove west and attempte...

SPRING, TX – Deputies with Constable Mark Herman’s Office discovered two women deceased inside an apartment at the Wind Song Village Apartment Complex in the 2900 block of Hirschfield Road. Photo Courtesy of Pct. 4 Deputies responded on September 23, 2025, after a neighbor reported a large number of flies around one of the units. Upon entry, deputies and EMS confirmed both women were deceased. The investigation remains ongoing.