Conroe, August 25 – As a result of the ongoing investigation into the death of Martin Cano, Detectives requested a warrant for the arrest of Manuel Franco for Murder. Upon the issuance of the warrant by the 435th District Court, Franco was arrested without incident and was placed in the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Jail.
Conroe, August 17 – On August 17, 2020, defendant Melvin Ramirez-Russel, 39, entered a plea of guilty in front of the Honorable Lisa Michalk presiding over the 221st District Court, for the first degree felony offense of murder, in exchange for a sentence of 45 years in prison. As part of the plea agreement, the State […]
Magnolia and Conroe, July 23 – On July 22, 2020, at about 11:15 p.m., Deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the 33000 block of Kinley Ann Court, Magnolia, in reference to a shooting. When Deputies arrived they found the victim, 27-year-old Samuel Schmitt in the front entryway of the residence. Schmitt […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Prosecutors brought murder charges Wednesday against the white Atlanta police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks in the back, saying that Brooks was not a deadly threat and that the officer kicked the wounded black man and offered no medical treatment for over two minutes as he lay dying on the ground. Brooks, […]
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A college student sought by police as a suspect in a crime spree including two slayings in Connecticut has been captured, Connecticut State Police said Wednesday night. Peter Manfredonia, 23, had been the subject of a six-day search involving several police agencies and the FBI. He was found in Hagerstown, Maryland. He […]
BREAKING NEWS! Conroe, January 15 – On January 15, 2020, at about 2:00 am, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to an assault with a firearm call in the 23000 block of Sorters Road in Porter, Texas. Upon arrival, a female later identified as Ester Nicholson (59-year-old, white female), was found in the master bedroom […]
Montgomery, January 1 – On December 31, 2019, at about 9:10 p.m., the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the 250 block of North Lynx Trail in the Woodforest subdivision in Montgomery in reference to a shooting call. Upon arrival, deputies found a 27 year old white female with multiple gunshot wounds. Despite efforts […]
PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — A court in the South American country of Suriname convicted President Desi Bouterse on Friday in the 1982 killings of 15 political opponents and sentenced him to 20 years in prison. The decision by a panel of three judges marks the end of a historic trial that began in November 2007, […]
Spring, November 15 – On November 14, 2019 at 6:40 p.m., the Gulf Coast Violent Offender Task Force, which includes Deputies from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy U.S. Marshals, and the Houston Police Department were tracking a person wanted as a suspect out of Mississippi for multiple felony offenses. Roderick Wayne Bowers was a 52 […]
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — More than 2,000 medically preserved fetal remains have been found at the Illinois home of a former Indiana abortion clinic doctor who died last week, authorities said. The Will County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release late Friday that an attorney for Dr. Ulrich Klopfer’s family contacted the coroner’s office […]