Conroe, June 3, – On May 30, 2019, Vanessa Marie Vanatten, pled guilty to Intoxication Manslaughter for causing the death of Diana Chain on October 25, 2018. Pursuant to the plea agreement, Vanatten was sentenced to 15 years in prison. The range of punishment for Intoxication Manslaughter is 2 to 20 years in prison. Due to the […]
Conroe, March 28 – Tyrese Dewan Hightower pled guilty to the Murder of his daughter, T.H. On March 28, 2019, in the 221stDistrict Court (Judge Lisa Michalk presiding) of Montgomery County, Texas, pursuant to the plea agreement, Hightower was sentenced to 35 years in prison. Due to the type of offense, Hightower will have to serve […]
Conroe, March 20 – On February 15, 2019, Adam Lee Thomas was convicted by a jury of two counts of Injury to a Child in the 435thDistrict Court in Montgomery County. On February 19, 2019, Judge Patty Maginnis of the 435thDistrict Court sentenced Thomas to Life in prison in each case. Judge Maginnis stacked the life […]
Conroe, January 31 – As Super Bowl LIII quickly approaches, starting February 1, 2019, Montgomery County law enforcement agencies will begin to conduct increased DWI enforcement to hopefully send a strong message to drivers that driving while intoxicated in Montgomery County will not be tolerated this Super Bowl weekend. These increased operations will continue through Monday, February […]
Conroe, January 2 – Montgomery County District Attorney Brett Ligon’s Office (MCDAO) announced the statistics for law enforcements DWI Enforcement operations for the 2018 holiday season. The Holiday and New Year’s Eve DWI Enforcement operations recently ended and law enforcement throughout Montgomery County worked to keep our roadways safe by increasing Driving While Intoxicated Enforcement […]
Conroe, November 26 – On Friday, November 9, 2018, Travis Drew Clepper pled guilty to Intoxication Manslaughter arising out of a deadly crash that occurred on December 11, 2017. Pursuant to the plea agreement, Clepper was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Monday, November 26, 2018. The range of punishment for intoxication manslaughter is 2 […]
Conroe and All of Montgomery County, November 20 – Starting Wednesday, November 21, 2018, Montgomery County Law Enforcement agencies will begin to conduct increased DWI enforcement hopefully to send a strong message to drivers that impaired driving in Montgomery County will not be tolerated over the Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend. If you don’t understand the […]
BREAKING NEWS! Magnolia and Conroe, November 3 – Precinct 2 Montgomery County Commissioner Charlie Riley issued a statement today on social media in which he has intentionally misled voters, claiming he is not under a criminal investigation when he, in fact, knows that he is. Sadly, it’s another example of Riley parsing words to lie […]
Image: Left, Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal, and, center, Precinct 2 County Commissioner Charlie Riley. Conroe and Magnolia, November 1 – The Golden Hammer, Montgomery County’s leading daily newspaper, has confirmed that the Montgomery Sheriff’s Office and District Attorney’s Office have initiated a new investigation of Precinct 2 Montgomery County Commissioner Charlie Riley for abuse of […]
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City prosecutors abandoned part of their sexual assault case against Harvey Weinstein on Thursday after evidence surfaced that a police detective dead set on putting the Hollywood mogul behind bars had coached a witness to stay silent about evidence that cast doubt on the allegations of one of his […]