Father and son, Ernesto and Santiago Bustamante, were arrested for the murder of Juan Francisco Benitez, found in a burnt vehicle in Harris County. Evidence points to a dispute at Ernesto's residence ...

Harris County justice leaders are warning that recent state laws could push the jail system back toward crisis mode. This is as the county has made a lot of progress, reducing the number of people ...

HOUSTON — Two men have been arrested after deputies say they attacked a homeless man and posted a video of the assault online. According to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, Xavier Martinez, 20, and ...

The student who was taken into custody after a deadly fight at Goose Creek CISD’s Sterling High School has been identified as ...

The deficiencies leave the state's largest county jail system, where another inmate died this week, out of compliance with ...

Pilots aboard a Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter experienced a laser strike to the cockpit while assisting the ...

A Harris County Jail inmate died from what the Harris County Sheriff’s Office calls “an apparent medical emergency” on ...

A former Harris County jail guard was sentenced to one year of deferred adjudication, months after he was indicted on misdemeanor assault charges after he was accused of beating two female inmates.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A man with a violent criminal history is at large after being mistakenly released from the Harris County Jail, the Harris County Sheriff's Office confirms. Nicholas Guerra, 27 ...