Michael Alegria, 38, was found guilty Wednesday morning by a jury in the 10th District Court in Galveston, prosecutors said.
The Texas City Fire Department received a call about a house fire about 2:30 p.m. in the 300 block of 12th Avenue North.
Armando Batista, 39, of Sugar Land, is charged with murder in connection with stabbing death of Albert Titov and held at the Galveston County Jail under a $250,000 bond, police said.
There was no initial evidence the death of Robert Barboza, 25, was a homicide, but an investigation is underway, police said.
A man identified as Albert Titov, 73, of Galveston, was found dead on the beach near Boddeker Road, police said.
The task force executed a search warrant at a Stewart Road business Thursday at about 12 p.m.
Russell Delaune, 49, of Texas City was charged with the possession of child pornography, authorities said.
Police are seeking information about the occupants of a car from which the shots were fired.
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Patrick Miller, 23, is charged with selling drugs local police and federal agents allege were laced with fentanyl, causing the deaths of two men, authorities say.
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A Texas City resident returned from church to find her home riddled by bullets.
A Bacliff man was charged with drug and firearms crimes after a brief car and foot chase, police said.
The Galveston County Organized Crime Task Force executed search and arrest warrants in the 9300 block of Gettysburg Avenue.
A man was shot just after midnight Saturday outside The Storage Place at Texas City's Mainland City Centre, while police were controlling a large crowd at the Jungle Bar nearby, officers said.
Sebastian Benjamin Bennett, 17, of Webster, returned home Wednesday evening after being reported missing Monday night.
Edwin Colleson, 45, weighed only 70 pounds, suffered from severe muscular atrophy and was covered in bed sores and filth last week when he came to the attention of Hitchcock police officers.
The school did not have a lockdown, but was placed on hold, which means students were held in their rooms and hallways cleared, Fontenot said.
A Houston resident was arrested after being charged with stealing a purse and dragging a woman 250 yards, authorities said.
One man is charged with aggravated assault after an argument escalated into bloodletting, Sheriff Henry Trochesset said.
It wasn't the most deadly year for the rally, which draws many thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts to Galveston from across the country, but the toll was higher than most recent years.
The 2-month-old was suffocated when a mother fell asleep breastfeeding, authorities said.
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