Following the conviction of a Texas man on his 8th DWI, a Hays County prosecutor asked the jury to send the 64-year-old man to prison for 99 years so “we can all sleep at night.” Six hours later the jury did just that.
Author: Bob Price
Boston Cops Still ‘Critical’ After Multiple Surgeries for Gunshot Wounds
The two Boston police officers who were shot while responding to a domestic disturbance call on Wednesday faced a second round of surgery on Friday. One officer faced additional surgery on Saturday morning. Police say the two officers are recovering b…
Two Suspected ISIS Recruits Traveling to Mexico Busted in Texas
Two Wisconsin men have been arrested in San Angelo, Texas, on charges of providing material support to ISIS. The men were traveling to Mexico and allegedly had plans to travel on to Iraq or Syria. Jason Michael Ludke, 35, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Yosvany Padilla-Conde, 30, an illegal alien who has been living in Wisconsin, were arrested on October 5 by Tom Green County Sheriff David Jones and a team of federal agents.
Report: Accused Boston Cop-Shooter Served as a Local Constable
The man accused of critically wounding two Boston police officers and injuring several others served as a constable in that city for nearly six months.
2 Boston Cops Shot — Gunman Killed
Two Boston police officers underwent critical surgery after being shot by a lone gunman. The gunman was killed by other police officers who responded to the shooting.
Wikileaks: ‘Has That Gotten Any Press?’ Clinton Asked After Fast and Furious Killing of ICE Agent
“Has that gotten any press?” was then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s one-line response to an email notifying her that the gun used to kill Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Jamie Zapata in February 2011 was tied to the Fast and Furious scandal.
An email message that is part of the leaked WikiLeaks emails was sent from Jacob Sullivan to Secretary Clinton on March 1, 2011, just two weeks after Agent Zapata was murdered in Mexico. Sullivan, who then served as Director of Policy Planning at Clinton’s State Department, had forwarded a message from Clinton Advisor Daniel Kurtz-Phelan. The subject line of the unclassified message was “American guns killing American agents.”
$1.4 M in Meth Seized in Texas Panhandle
Troopers with the Department of Public Safety seized nearly $1.4 million worth of methamphetamine during two traffic stops in neighboring counties in the Texas Panhandle over the weekend.
Blue Bell Expands Recall to All Cookie Dough Products
Blue Bell Creameries is expanding its previously announced recall of its ice cream products containing chocolate chip cookie dough because of possible contamination by the Listeria monocytogenes bacteria.
Man Allegedly Vandalizes Civil War-Era Portrait in Texas Capitol
A Fort Worth, Texas, man was arrested over the weekend for allegedly breaking into the State Capitol in Austin to deface a Civil War-era portrait.