Clenard Parker, age 45, pleaded guilty to capital murder and was sentenced to life in prison without parole for deliberately crashing a stolen 18-wheeler into a Texas Department of Public Safety driver's license office in Brenham on April 12, 2024. The crash killed two people and injured several others.
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Adrian Amador, 20, was re-arrested on a warrant for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after an Oct. 30 shooting at a Department of Public Safety trooper near a Northwest Side hotel. An anonymous tip and Amador's ankle monitor connected him to the incident.
Adrian Amador, re-arrested suspect; Department of Public Safety, agency responding to incident
The Texas Department of Public Safety named James Michael Jackson Jr., 29, from Waco, as the state's featured fugitive for November 2026. Jackson has been wanted for robbery since August 2026 and faces a parole violation warrant for an original theft offense. A $6,000 reward is offered for tips received during November.
$$6,000 for reward for information leading to arrest
James Michael Jackson Jr., Featured Fugitive; Texas Department of Public Safety, Agency announcing fugitive status
Daren Monk, 42, was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the disappearance of Julia Renee Carter, 46, in Kountze. Carter was reported missing on Oct. 16 after failing to report to work. Monk was apprehended by U.S. Marshals Service in Katy on Oct. 21 while he was evading law enforcement.
$$1 million for bail bond
Daren Monk, charged with murder; Julia Renee Carter, missing girlfriend; Hardin County Sheriff's Office, responded to missing-person report and 3 more
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.
Denim Cane, 13-year-old victim; Queasean Smith, 17-year-old suspect arrested and charged with capital murder; Harris County Sheriff's Office, law enforcement agency investigating incident
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 her hospital bed. Police believe there may be additional victims.
Ernest Ussin Jr., Patient care technician at Carrollton Regional Medical Center, arrested; Carrollton Police Department, Investigating agency; Caleb O'Rear, CEO of Carrollton Regional Medical Center
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