This week ended with the launch of the seventh and final Harry Potter installation. But while the world was consumed with Pottermania, it's important to remember that there were more serious things going on in the world, too - two of them in -Ist cities. Sampaist was shocked when a passenger jet crashed into the center of Sao Paulo, killing at least 200 people. The airplane, an Airbus A320, skidded off the runway at the...
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Houston State Rep. Borris Miles of District 146, used a pistol to shoot one of two men whom he says were trying to steal materials from the house he is building. The man was wounded in the leg, but it was not life-threatening. The incident took place yesterday evening at the construction site for his new home at 3742 MacGregor Way. Rep. Miles was reportedly repairing a leak at the new home when he heard...
Good morning, Houston. So, did you hear about the guy who accidentally shot himself during a gun show at the George R. Brown Convention Center? Nope, not a joke: The guy was apparently trying to disassemble his Glock .40-caliber handgun while shopping for a part for the gun when he shot himself Saturday afternoon — but the real kicker is that it looks like he was carrying the gun illegally. "We have signs posted...
Good morning, Houston. Ever been to Podunk, Texas? You have if you've ever visited the east Houston neighborhood of Denver Harbor, which was affectionately called Podunk during the Great Depression because it was then far enough east to seem semi-rural. And as of yesterday, thanks to a state House resolution, Podunk is the Official Mythical Town of Texas. Grady got the resolution passed by gathering 700 signatures on a petition and persuading the area's...
Two HPD civilian employees have been removed from their jobs in the department's property room pending an investigation into 21 weapons that have been found missing from the facility since October — 19 of which are still unaccounted for. There are more than 18,000 guns in the property room that are either being held as evidence or are waiting to be destroyed, and HPD keeps track of them using a bar code system put in...
A five-hour SWAT team standoff in Montrose early this morning finally ended just after 6 a.m. when the suspect, who had been holed up in a building at Montrose and Kipling, finally turned himself in. Police say the situation began just before midnight, when the suspect — 28-year-old Anthony Kroger — shot a woman in the cheek near the jawline; she drove herself to her home on West Gray and called the cops. When officers...
Three men, one from College Station (we're holding off on the Aggie joke, and you should too), one from The Woodlands, and one from Needville, were indicted yesterday by a Montgomery County grand jury on charges of soliciting sex from teenagers on the internet.
Well, here's something that should make us all feel more at ease: After a review by the county attorney's office, signs prohibiting legally concealed handguns in Harris County parks have been removed because officials decided the ban couldn't be enforced.
Juan Leonardo Quintero, the man accused of killing HPD Officer Rodney Johnson during a traffic stop last week, is scheduled to appear in court today — but Quintero's case may have farther-reaching effects than his own fate as it again brings up discussion of Houston's immigration policy.
These days, we hear a lot of warnings about how we should be careful about what we put on our personals blogs and MySpace pages, because one day it might come back to haunt us when we're looking for a job or running for office or whatever it is that grown-ups do. But until today, we hadn't thought about the impression our online trail might give if we're ever accused of murder. We imagine Sean...
What is it with Metro buses and danger lately? Last week there was the story about the guy who refused to get off a bus and threatened the driver, and today we have news of a man who shot another man in the head on a bus last night. It happened just before 8 p.m. on a Metro bus near the Gulf Freeway and Broadway; the gunman reportedly pulled out a handgun and shot the...
Judge Sim Lake dropped three charges against Jeff Skilling and one against Ken Lay moments after the prosecution rested its case in the trial of the former Enron executives today A judge assigned to oversee Carole Keeton Strayhorn's lawsuit challenging Texas' independent candidate rules recused himself from the case because he signed Strayhorn's petition to be placed on the ballot for governor The driver of an HISD school bus lost control on the South Loop...
Turns out the guy in the prison jumpsuit isn't the only piece of stupid news to come across Houstonist's desk today. We offer for your consideration two North Shore High School students who tried — and failed — to fool Crime Stoppers. School officials found a handgun, a butterfly knife and bullets inside a 15-year-old boy's backpack at North Shore 9-10 High School at about 11:30 a.m. Investigators said two other 15-year-old boys put the...
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