A 13-year-old boy died after being stabbed during a fight involving several teens in northwest Harris County. A 17-year-old suspect was arrested and charged with capital murder.
Where
Northwest Harris County, 3200 block of Bolton Gardens Drive
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Ernest Ussin Jr., a patient care technician at Carrollton Regional Medical Center, was arrested and charged with indecent assault by a health care provider after a patient reported waking to unwanted sexual contact in a hospital bed.
Ernest Ussin Jr., Patient care technician at Carrollton Regional Medical Center, arrested
Maitlin White, a 29-year-old from Florida, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to creating fake online fundraising pages using the name and photograph of a teenager who died in the 2025 Texas floods. She impersonated the girl's father on GoFundMe and SpotFund to solicit donations.
Maitlin White, defendant, pleaded guilty to online impersonation; Chloe Childress, 19-year-old from Houston whose identity was used in fake pages, died while working as counselor at Camp Mystic; Chloe Childress's father, alerted authorities to fake GoFundMe campaign and 2 more
Jasper County deputies completed compliance checks on all 42 registered sex offenders in the county and arrested two people. Investigators charged Amber Arnold and Courtlee Taner with multiple violations of the Georgia Sexual Offender Registry.
Jasper County Sheriff's Office, conducting compliance checks and making arrests; Amber Arnold, arrested and charged; Courtlee Taner, arrested and charged
Bexar County sheriff's deputies conducted a pre-dawn raid on an alleged organized illegal gambling operation, detaining 23 people. Sheriff Javier Salazar said 13 of the detained individuals would be jailed on various charges including felony drug charges, outstanding warrants, keeping a gambling place, and engaging in organized criminal activity.
Sheriff Javier Salazar, Bexar County Sheriff; Bexar County deputies, Conducted raid
An inmate was found unresponsive in a cell at Wood County Jail around noon Tuesday. Jail medical personnel performed lifesaving measures and emergency medical services transported the inmate to UT Health in Quitman, where he was pronounced dead. The Texas Rangers are investigating the death.
Wood County Sheriff's Office, Released statement about inmate death; Texas Rangers, Conducting investigation into inmate death
Jason Dameion Watson, 46, pleaded guilty to possession of more than 400 grams of methamphetamine and tampering with evidence in Waco. A judge sentenced him to eight years in prison after prosecutors reduced their plea offer multiple times and waived the habitual criminal allegation.
Jason Dameion Watson, defendant; Jason P. Darling, defense attorney; Roy Sparkman, Visiting Judge and 2 more
A Polk County grand jury indicted Cody Allen Laviolette for murder and tampering with physical evidence in the death of Kelly Taylor Mariah Little, 31. The investigation began after an incident at Laviolette's home on May 23; Little died May 24.
$$500,000 for murder charge bond
Cody Allen Laviolette, Indicted for murder and tampering with physical evidence; Kelly Taylor Mariah Little, Deceased mother of three; District Judge Travis Kitchens, Set bond amounts and 3 more
Demerrion Keith Crayton, 25, pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the November 2023 shooting death of Michael Everett Jr., 24. Crayton's gun was used in the killing, but he claims he handed the pistol to someone else who fired the fatal shots.
Demerrion Keith Crayton, defendant; pleaded guilty to murder; Michael Everett Jr., victim; killed November 2023; Jason P. Darling, Crayton's attorney and 2 more