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Man charged after allegedly committing fraud in high-end vehicle purchases


June 21, 2021

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A 62-year-old man has been charged in Harris County after being accused of an elaborate scheme using fake identities to buy high-end vehicles totaling to $1.3 million. Jorge Lamarche was charged after prosecutors said he fraudulently purchased 19 brand new, fully loaded vehicles from multiple dealerships. The vehicles include a nearly $90,000 Mercedes and a …

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Storms arrive with Monday’s cold front


June 21, 2021

Father’s Day was sunny, breezy, hot and humid. That is pretty typical of summer in Texas. And since the summer solstice occurs at 10:32 pm tonight, summer is officially here. But changes are coming to start the work week. Monday will remain very warm with highs in the low 90s. But a summer cold front will move into North Texas …

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Garland police searching for missing 15-year-old with autism


June 21, 2021

Garland police are searching for a teenage boy who went missing Sunday afternoon. Owen Van Leach, 15.(Garland Police Department) Owen Van Leach, 15, was last seen in the 2600 block of Livenshire Drive in Garland, near the intersection of Plano Road and Walnut Hill Lane, just after 3 p.m., police said. Owen is described by police as five feet tall, …

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Mother and daughter killed, officers shoot boyfriend at West Houston apartment


June 21, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A mother and daughter were shot to death Sunday morning at a west Houston apartment complex, and the man believed to be responsible was wounded by officers, according to Houston police. It happened around 9:15 a.m. in the 1000 block of East Tri Oaks Lane near the Katy Freeway feeder road Officers were responding to a …

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Andrea Yates: 20 years since the tragedy that shocked the nation


June 21, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It was a tragedy that saddened the nation and brought postpartum illness into the spotlight. On June 20, 2001, Andrea Yates drowned her five small children one by one in the bathtub of her Clear Lake home. Yates, who is now 56, was tried twice for the deaths of her children. In 2002, she was convicted …

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