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Car thieves caught on camera

3:11 PM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 |
Juanita Jimenez

Investigators say that a surveillance camera aptured three men robbing the Fincher Motor Company on the North Freeway on Tuesday.

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Man accused of cloning credit card numbers sought

6:04 PM Wed, Jun 24, 2009 |
Juanita Jimenez

Houston Crime Stoppers are looking for a man they say is cloning credit card numbers and making fraudulent charges.

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Convicted child predator sought in Houston

12:32 PM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 |
Juanita Jimenez

HOUSTON - Houston police are looking for a 50-year-old man who, they say, exposed himself to a 15-year-old girl.

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FBI manhunt targets Wells Fargo thief

11:18 AM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 |
Juanita Jimenez

The FBI is asking for help tracking down a bank robber who held up the Wells Fargo Bank on Woodforest in northeast Houston in March.

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Police: Two Houston teens disappear while throwing out the trash

4:53 PM Fri, Jun 19, 2009 |
Michelle Ponto

Police are investigating the mysterious disappearance of two Houston teenagers.

They say that around 9 p.m. Thursday, a 15- and 16-year-old brother and sister left their home in the 3200 block of Ripplebrook and Bathhurst to throw out the trash.

Their mother said the teens never returned home. She said it was the last time she saw her children.

The children, Jose Lazo and his sister Beatriz, are both in school. Neither showed up for class today.

HPD homicide is now on the case, but police will not say if any foul play is involved.

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George Ranch Museum Association employee jailed for theft

12:26 PM Fri, Jun 19, 2009 |
Juanita Jimenez

A 48-year-old employee of the George Ranch Museum Association is behind bars accused of theft.

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Child predator sought in Houston

10:46 AM Fri, Jun 19, 2009 |
Juanita Jimenez

Jimmy_090619.jpgThe search is on for 37-year-old Jimmy Joe Villarreal who is...



Deadly hit-and-run suspect sought in Houston

12:36 PM Wed, Jun 17, 2009 |
Juanita Jimenez

Crime Stoppers and HPD need help identifying the individual who hit Jerardo "Jerry" Lewis as he traveled on his motorcycle on Monday, April 13 and then fled the scene.

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Child predator sought in Houston

11:42 AM Wed, Jun 17, 2009 |
Juanita Jimenez

Authorities need your help finding a 45-year-old man who is wanted for charges of sexual assault of a child.

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Bush IAH agents find $178,000 in suitcase

4:26 PM Tue, Jun 16, 2009 |
Juanita Jimenez

HOUSTON--U.S. Customs agents at Bush Intercontinental Airport found $178,000 in cash in luggage on Tuesday.

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Police: 3 armed men robbed two places in one night

8:53 PM Mon, Jun 15, 2009 |
Michelle Ponto

Police say three men are responsible for two armed robberies in Northwest Harris County.

Both robberies happened on May 31. Authorities say the struck first at 11602 North Houston Rosslyn, at about 9:55 p.m.

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Child sex assault suspect wanted in Houston

3:41 PM Mon, Jun 15, 2009 |
Juanita Jimenez

All this month Crime Stoppers is going after fugitives who have committed crimes against children.

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Reward offered in 3-year-old Houston murder case

2:31 PM Mon, Jun 15, 2009 |
Juanita Jimenez

Who killed Avinash Miranda?

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Harris County employee faces theft charges

4:22 PM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 |
Juanita Jimenez

An employee at the Harris County Clerk Office is facing theft charges after being caught taking money from customers, say police.

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Armed thief targets car wash customer

3:51 PM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 |
Juanita Jimenez

The Richmond Police Department is asking for help in identifying a man who allegedly robbed a man at gunpoint at the Clean Machine Car Wash located at 2200 Thompson Highway in Richmond.

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Investigators seek suspect in Super K holdup

2:03 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 |
Taylor

The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office is looking for a suspect in a holdup at a Super K convenience store.

The robbery happened on Tuesday at the store on Townwest Blvd. in Sugar Land.

Investigators say a dark vehicle pulled into the parking lot and a man went into the store.
He held the clerk and gunpoint, took some money and ran.

If you have any information on this incident, call Fort Bend County Crime Stoppers at 281-342-TIPS.

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Child predator, parole violator sought in Houston

11:06 AM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 |
Juanita Jimenez

CrimeStoppers_090611.jpgCrime Stoppers and local aut...



Child sexual attack sought in Houston

1:46 PM Mon, Jun 08, 2009 |
Juanita Jimenez

HOUSTON - A reward is being offered in the case of a convicted child sex assault suspect.

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Cameras catch northwest Houston thief in the act

4:22 PM Fri, Jun 05, 2009 |
Juanita Jimenez

HOUSTON - Police are hoping that newly releases surveillance images will help them catch a thief who targeted a Valero gas station in the 9300 block of Long Point in northwest Houston last month.

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Child sexual assault suspect sought in Houston

10:17 AM Fri, Jun 05, 2009 |
Juanita Jimenez

In June of 2003 Isaias Sevilla sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl not related to him.

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Suspected arsonist heading to jail

4:22 PM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 |
Juanita Jimenez

A man suspected in a string of arson fires is heading to jail, but not for starting fires, but for filing a false fire report.

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HPD: man shot to death on sidewalk

1:57 PM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 |
Taylor

HOUSTON--The search is on for two suspects police say killed a man on June 2. Officers found the body on the sidewalk at the Meadow Chase apartments in Southwest Houston.

Witnesses say the 51-year-old victim was fighting with two men before he was shot.
The suspects ran away from the apartments and still haven't been found.
Meadow Chase apartments are located on South Wilcrest at South Street.

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Suspect charged in fatal stabbing

12:27 PM Tue, Jun 02, 2009 |
Taylor

HOUSTON--Charges have been filed against a suspect arrested in the fatal stabbing of a man in the 4000 block of Cavalcade on May 27.

The victim, Burt Lee Hopkins, 33, suffered a stab wound to the neck and was pronounced dead at LBJ Hospital. Roy Lee Powell is charged with his death.

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