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2 Jail Detention Officers Fight, 1 Taken To Hospital

Two detention officers at a South Texas jail have gotten into a fight, and one has been sent to the hospital.

2013/05/13

File photo of a prison cell block. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

Man Who Posed As Texas High School Student To Be Released

A former Haitian star athlete is to be released after serving a prison sentence on charges arising from his posing as a teenage Odessa high school athlete.

2013/05/07

Ex-Parole Officer Gets Prison For Taking Bribes

A former Texas parole officer has been sentenced to almost two years in federal prison for taking bribes from a man she supervised and not reporting his alleged financial violations.

2013/05/01

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Ex-Pastor Gets 5 Years For Assault After Having Sex With 16-Year-Old

A former youth minister at a Houston-area church has been sentenced to five years in prison for having sex with a 16-year-old girl.

2013/04/04

File photo of a judge's gavel. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Family Members Of Alleged Cartel Leader Plead

The sister-in-law and niece of the alleged leader of a Mexican drug cartel have pleaded guilty in a money laundering case in Austin.

2013/03/29

Air Force Trainer Gets 4 Years For Raping Trainee

A military judge has sentenced an Air Force instructor to four years in prison for raping a female trainee at the South Texas base where he worked.

2013/03/17

Texas Prisons Install Cellphone-Blocking Equipment

The nation’s largest state prison system is turning to electronic weaponry to combat the persistent headache of illegal cellphones smuggled to inmates.

2013/03/15