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Convicted murderer Dexter Johnson was sentenced to death in a Harris County courtroom yesterday — but he didn't take the punishment quietly. When the sentence was read, Johnson, 19, reportedly "gazed up and pressed his lips together. His eyes filled with tears. Then he looked toward his family and lifted his hand as if to wave to them." And then he threw a chair, causing folks in the courtroom to hit the deck. According to the AP, about a dozen court officers tackled Johnson and took him out a side door. more ›

An 18-year-old man tells KPRC he came close to becoming a victim of the five people charged in a murder spree — but rather than killing him, they let him go, and he still doesn't know why. The man, who identified himself only as "Vince," said the group kidnapped him June 19, the day after police day they carjacked and killed Maria Chrisalee Aparece and Huy Ngo. more ›

In a dramatic courtroom moment, Maria Chrisalee Aparece's uncle lunged at the man police say pulled the trigger in her murder during a hearing this morning in which five people were charged in connection with the deaths of Aparece, 23, and 17-year-old Huy Ngo. It was the first time Aparece's family has come in contact with Dexter Johnson, the 18-year-old who was arrested last week, and seeing Johnson was apparently too much for Irvin Aparece.... more ›