texas crime

An Abilene man was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison after a mother discovered he filmed and emailed himself an explicit video of her 14-year-old daughter while babysitting. Tattoo evidence led to his conviction.

Lubbock Police offer up to $3,000 each for information on absconded sex offenders Markee Toliver and Lonnie O'Neal. Authorities ask the public to report sightings to keep the community safe.

After 27 years, police used modern DNA technology to identify Jimmy Dale McClinton as the killer of Amarillo mother Gloria Ann Covington. Though McClinton died in 2025 before trial, her family finally has long-awaited answers.

An Amarillo grand jury has indicted 27-year-old Loyd Walter Hall for allegedly supplying firearms, advice, and technical knowledge to the Sinaloa Cartel. If convicted of aiding the foreign terrorist group, Hall faces up to life in prison.

A cheeky Lubbock Police Facebook post detailed the arrest of 37-year-old Eric Scott, who hid in a Home Depot after closing to steal $2,700 in goods. Scott faces 36 charges, including burglary and possession of criminal tools.

A 20-year-old Amarillo man pleaded guilty to illegal machine gun possession following a house party shooting. After being asked to leave, he fired on the home, hijacked a car, and was arrested at a Walmart. He faces up to 10 years.

An Illinois man faces up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to exploiting minors in Lubbock and Hereford. Authorities say he used Roblox and Snapchat to target the children, sending them gifts in exchange for media.

A cleaning woman. A scalpel. A locked building on a Texas college campus. This 1967 Lubbock murder case left an entire city looking over its shoulder.

Her friends said she had no enemies. No drama. No reason anyone would want to hurt her. That detail makes what happened on Memorial Day 2000 even harder to make sense of.

An Ector County traffic stop took a grim turn when deputies found a bullet hole and blood in a Tahoe, leading driver Usbaldo Carrasco to confess to the murder of Maria Ramirez.

Two separate West Texas roadway incidents have drawn intense police response after a Lubbock pedestrian was struck and killed, and a Midland man allegedly used a semi-truck to ram a vehicle holding two young children.

Lubbock Police are offering a $5,000 reward for information on the unsolved 2025 house party shooting that killed 20-year-old Deon Lilly. Callers can remain completely anonymous while helping bring a killer to justice.