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Curtis Jetton, the man injured in a Texas City apartment explosion last week, ">may be headed to a mental hospital rather than to jail, the Galveston County Daily News reports. Jetton, 21, was set to appear before a U.S. district magistrate Tuesday to be arraigned on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm ("firearm" in the charge refers to "a destructive device" — here, explosives and detonators), but public defender Thomas Berg asked Magistrate John... more ›

The possibility still exists that a string of murders in Acres Homes were committed by more than one person rather than a single serial killer, HPD says A Continental Airlines pilot has been fired for testing positive for alcohol use while on his way to a flight Sunday Curtis Jetton, the man who survived last week's explosion in a Texas City apartment, has a history of mental illness, his lawyer said today Yeah, it's wet... more ›

A robbery suspect led police on a two-hour chase today; it ended when the man crashed his pickup into a Pasadena waterway Eskico Truman Garner, a 75-year-old Texas City man, was sentenced to more than 33 years in prison today for trafficking in crack cocaine Also in Texas City, some residents of the apartment complex where an explosion occurred Wednesday still can't go home because of smoke damage and electrical outages And Curtis Jetton, injured... more ›

More on the two men involved in Wednesday's explosion at an apartment complex in Texas City: KHOU reports that unnamed sources say they might have belonged to a small local anarchist group. According to Channel 11, 21-year-old Matthew Rugo, who died in the explosion, and his roommate, 21-year-old Curtis Jetton, were said to comprise half the four-member group. The other two members, both women, reportedly told investigators about their affiliation. more ›

News out of Texas City from KPRC: The apartment complex where a man died and another was injured in an explosion yesterday was evacuated this morning so a bomb squad could detonate explosives found in one of the units. The plan was to blow up the material sometime after 1 p.m.: more ›