VICTORIA - A 24-year-old Victoria man by officers Sunday on suspicion of possessing less than 2 ounces of marijuana.VICTORIA - A 46-year-old Victoria woman by troopers Sunday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. more >>
A 22-year-old Victoria man is in custody in connection with the stabbing of three people at a strip club. Antonio Castro Jr. was arrested on suspicion of three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. more >>
Drug dealers, human smugglers and gangs have gone high tech, making it difficult for the crime fighters to do their jobs. "They have better technology than we have and they communicate quite well," said T. Michael O'Connor, Victoria County's sheriff. "They even have counterintelligence today." more >>
Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers arrested a 31-year-old man Thursday morning after they discovered what they suspected was 15 bundles of cocaine hidden in the factory fuel tank of his 2005 Dodge pick-up. Ernesto Garcia Jr., of San Juan, Texas, was driving on U.S. Hwy. 59 N. near Louise at around 10 a.m. when DPS troopers pulled him over for speeding, according to a DPS arrest report written by Trooper Alfred Ochoa. more >>
VICTORIA - A 43-year-old Victoria woman by officers Wednesday on suspicion of possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana. VICTORIA - Roy Samuel McLaurin, 18, of Victoria, by officers Thursday on a warrant charging him with possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana, failure to maintain proof of financial responsibility and on suspicion of possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana. more >>
No one was injured when a Chrysler 300 and a man on a bicycle collided Thursday afternoon on Houston Highway. A woman in her 40s turned left from Louis Street to Houston Highway at 3:45 p.m. and, seconds later, a 46-year-old man on a bicycle did the same, said Officer Robbie Morish with the Victoria Police Department. more >>
An Edna man who murdered three neighbors while trying to rob their home in 2005 was sentenced to death Wednesday. It took a jury about an hour and 15 minutes to decide LeJames Norman would die for his role in the shooting deaths of Samuel Roberts, 24, Tiffani Peacock, 18, and Celso Lopez, 38. more >>
EDNA - Jimmy Nastoupil, 47, from Edna, was arrested by deputies Tuesday on the charge of indecency with a child, according to the Jackson County Sheriff's Office. "The child made an outcry to the family, and the family reported it to us," said Chief Deputy Curt Gabrysch. more >>
VICTORIA - Robert Earl Barnes, 23, of Edna, on Tuesday with possession of between 4 and 200 grams of a controlled substance. VICTORIA - A 48-year-old Aransas Pass woman by deputies Wednesday on suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. She is accused of trying to stab her common law husband with a knife during an argument. more >>
VICTORIA - A 21 year-old Victoria man by officers Monday on suspicion of possession of less than 1 gram of a controlled substance in a drug-free zone, possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana in a drug-free zone and playing loud music from a vehicle. VICTORIA - A 39-year-old woman in a home in the 700 block of Rosebud Avenue on Sunday, according to a police report. The woman had minor injuries. more >>
The mother who has daily watched the trial of one of her son's killers took the stand Tuesday. "I have children that wish it were them instead of Sam," said Linda Coker, Samuel Roberts' mother. Roberts, 24, his girlfriend, Tiffani Peacock, 18, and their roommate, Celso Lopez, 38, were shot to death in 2005. more >>
Bart Simpson was the face of drugs funneled through Victoria County last week. Deputies arrested Myron Jermale Jackson, 26, after finding 1,153 Ecstasy tablets - many shaped like the cartoon boy - and a quarter liter of liquid Codeine in his car during a routine traffic stop Dec. 1. The purple pills and Codeine are valued at $20 per dose, Sheriff T. Michael O'Connor said Monday. more >>
Don't expect to ring in the new year with bottle rockets or other aerial fireworks in Victoria County. The commissioners court decided Monday that sparks could be dangerous, given the persistent drought and tinder conditions. more >>
Crime: Victoria police suspect at least one credit card was among the items stolen from a resident when a wallet was taken from a shopping cart on Nov. 9. Within the next few hours, the criminal used the credit card several times at various stores throughout Victoria. Suspect: Shown in this photo, he was caught on store video taking the wallet from the basket. He also was seen in other stores' videos using the card for the illegal purchases. The offender is described as a thin, black man who was wearing red-rimmed sunglasses, a white shirt, dark pants and what appears to be a dog tag-style necklace. more >>
VICTORIA - A 42-year-old Victoria woman by troopers Sunday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, cocaine possession and possession of a deadly weapon in a correctional facility. VICTORIA - A 22-year-old Victoria man by officers Saturday on suspicion of possessing less than 2 ounces of marijuana. more >>
One person was killed and another seriously injured in a crash in south Victoria early Friday. A 1999 black Ford Escort was traveling east on Port Lavaca Drive in the left-turn lane when driver Suzette Zuniga, a 31-year-old Victoria woman, attempted to turn onto Ben Wilson Street, Julian Huerta, traffic safety sergeant with the Victoria Police Department, said. more >>
VICTORIA - Adrian Ybarra, a 25-year-old Victoria man, by police Friday on warrants charging him with manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance less than 200 grams, manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance less than 400 grams and possession of marijuana less than five pounds at the 100 block of North Glass Street. more >>
