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Suspect on the run after stabbing Brookshire worker to death


January 10, 2019

BROOKSHIRE, Texas (KTRK) — A case of apparent workplace violence is under investigation in Waller County, where deputies say an employee was stabbed to death. Deputies were called to Orizon Industries on FM 362 near Brookshire just after 8 p.m. Wednesday. Another person, a male employee, was also stabbed and flown to a hospital with serious injuries. We’re told the …

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Homeless man in GoFundMe scandal arrested after skipping court


January 10, 2019

The homeless man at the center of a local GoFundMe scam that made national headlines has been arrested after authorities say he skipped out on his court date. A judge issued an arrest warrant for John Bobbitt Tuesday after he was a no-show at a required court appearance in Burlington County. The Philadelphia veteran was previously charged for the charity …

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Suspect on the run after stabbing Brookshire worker to death


January 10, 2019

BROOKSHIRE, Texas (KTRK) — A case of apparent workplace violence is under investigation in Waller County, where deputies say an employee was stabbed to death. Deputies were called to Orizon Industries on FM 362 near Brookshire just after 8 p.m. Wednesday. Another person, a male employee, was also stabbed and flown to a hospital with serious injuries. We’re told the …

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Suspects in Jazmine Barnes’ murder allegedly have gang ties


January 10, 2019

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — As Jazmine Barnes was laid to rest Tuesday, a second suspect was charged with her murder. Larry Woodruffe, 24, now faces a capital murder charge along with Eric Black Jr., 20, who was charged over the weekend Investigators say Woodruffe fired eight shots into Jazmine’s mother’s car early on Sunday, Dec. 30, killing the 7-year-old and injuring her …

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Murderer confesses crime to girl he sexually assaulted: records


January 10, 2019

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police say an arrest in a gruesome murder has uncovered another disturbing crime. Estanislado Alvarez-Hernandez is charged with the murder of Maria Gonzalez, who died last August after being stabbed 12 to 14 times in front of her two children. It took months to find a suspect, and now court documents reveal how Alvarez-Hernandez was caught. …

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Woman breaks into police department looking for officer she was allegedly harassing


January 9, 2019

WEST WYOMING, Pennsylvania (KTRK) — A woman was arrested in West Wyoming, Pennsylvania, for breaking into a police department because she was allegedly looking for an officer she had been harrassing. Surveillance video from outside the police building shows Ashley Keister banging on the door early on Monday. When she couldn’t break through, she smashed her way in using a …

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Police shoot pit bulls attacking woman and her dog in 2nd attack


January 9, 2019

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Philadelphia police say they had to discharge their weapons after the same two pit bulls that killed a dog two weeks ago attacked again. Around 7:20 p.m. Monday police responded to a report of two dogs attacking a woman and her dog. Two officers arrived at the scene and shot at the dogs, striking them, in an effort to …

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Suspects in Jazmine Barnes’ murder allegedly have gang ties


January 9, 2019

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — As Jazmine Barnes was laid to rest Tuesday, a second suspect was charged with her murder. Larry Woodruffe, 24, now faces a capital murder charge along with Eric Black Jr., 20, who was charged over the weekend Investigators say Woodruffe fired eight shots into Jazmine’s mother’s car early on Sunday, Dec. 30, killing the 7-year-old and injuring her …

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Babysitter accused of killing 2-month-old boy and giving body to mother


January 7, 2019

WAUSAU, Wisconsin — A Wisconsin babysitter who allegedly killed a 2-month-old boy then pretended he was alive when she gave the boy back to his mother has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide. A criminal complaint filed Friday says 28-year-old Marissa Tietsort of Wausau caused the infant’s death in October, then put him in a snowsuit and car seat and …

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