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Houston police identify man wanted over fatal Metro bus shooting

1 week ago | houstonchronicle.com | John Ferguson

Police on Thursday identified a man wanted in connection to the fatal shooting of a passenger on board a Metro bus last week. Carltonio Jackson, 22, was charged with murder over the death of 35-year-old Phillip Ogiemwonyi. Article continues below this adJackson was not in custody as of Thursday afternoon. Police asked for the public's help to find and arrest him. Ogiemwonyi on May 23 was shot in the chest after he got into a argument with another passenger.
Houston Man Gets Prison Time for Pointing Laser at Aircraft

1 week ago | aviationpros.com | John Ferguson

May 28—A Houston man was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison after being convicted of pointing a laser at aircraft flying near Hobby Airport. Jordan Dwaynel Jackson, 36, will have to spend at least half of his sentence in federal prison, U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal ordered Wednesday. The other half can be accrued while Jackson serves an 18-year sentence for aggravated sexual assault, which he pleaded guilty to last year in Harris County, according to court records.
Houston man lands 15 month sentence for pointing lasers at Hobby Airport plane

1 week ago | houstonchronicle.com | John Ferguson

A Houston man was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison after being convicted of pointing a laser at aircraft flying near Hobby Airport. Jordan Dwaynel Jackson, 36, will have to spend at least half of his sentence in federal prison, U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal ordered Wednesday. The other half can be accrued while Jackson serves an 18-year sentence for aggravated sexual assault, which he pleaded guilty to last year in Harris County, according to court records.
Houston man accused of not paying $3M for diamonds from Indian dealer

1 week ago | houstonchronicle.com | John Ferguson

Four years ago, Edward Carlos St. Mary III walked out of a New York office building carrying a backpack full of uncut diamonds valued at $3.3 million. The Houston native had been working for months to arrange his purchase of the gems with an Indian diamond dealer. The problem, federal prosecutors said in an indictment unsealed last week, is that when he picked up the diamonds, St. Mary hadn’t paid his bill. And for months, he falsely claimed the check was still in the mail, prosecutors said.
The FBI says the Bandidos started a war in Houston. Here's what that means

1 week ago | houstonchronicle.com | John Ferguson

For years, the Bandidos waged a war across Houston. Since 2020, members of the group stalked and assaulted rivals across the region, leaving bodies on the ground, wounded men in hospitals and one building gutted by flames, according to the FBI. In February, the federal government stepped in, and announced that 14 members of the infamous biker gang had been charged in a racketeering case that tied murders, shootings and other crime into a single criminal enterprise.
Houston-bound flight diverted after passenger allegedly tried to open cabin door

1 week ago | houstonchronicle.com | John Ferguson

A Houston-bound flight was diverted to Seattle on Saturday after a passenger allegedly tried to open a cabin door. All Nippon Airways Flight 114 was flying a Tokyo-to-Houston route when it was diverted. The plane landed safely in Seattle around 6:19 a.m. and the passenger was removed, according to a spokesman for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
Man shot to death after theatening officers with bat, concrete

1 week ago | houstonchronicle.com | John Ferguson

A Houston police officer shot and killed a man Friday, after the man allegedly threatened police with a baseball bat and a chunk of concrete. The shooting happened around 4 p.m. Friday in the 2000 block of Wirt Road, in northwest Houston. The shooting was the fourth fatal shooting by a Houston Police Department officer in two weeks. HPD has not named the officer involved in the latest shooting.
Sharpton to lead memorial service marking annivesary of George Floyd's death

1 week ago | houstonchronicle.com | John Ferguson |Raquel Natalicchio

Rev. Al Sharpton on Sunday will lead a memorial service to mark the five-year anniversary of George Floyd's death. The civil rights activist, who hosts a talk show on MSNBC, will join Floyd's family for a memorial service at Houston Memorial Gardens, the Pearland cemetery where Floyd was buried in 2020. Article continues below this adSharpton encouraged people to "gather in remembrance and recommit to the pursuit of peace," to mark the anniversary of Floyd's death.
DOJ appeals order to provide information on Venezeulan man deported from Houston

2 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | John Ferguson

The Justice Department on Thursday appealed a federal judge's order in Houston to provide proof-of-life and other information about a Venezuelan refugee believed to be deported to El Salvador. The appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals effectively pauses the orders issued earlier this week by U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison. An attorney for the deported man, Widmer Josneyder Agelviz Sanguino, said he hoped the appeals court would fast-track the case and consider the department's arguments.
Turkey Leg Hut owner's bid to dismiss arson case is 'self-serving,' feds say

2 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | John Ferguson

The former Turkey Leg Hut owner's claim that his former attorney turned on him before he was indicted in the Bar 5015 arson case is based on "erroneous factual statements" and is no reason to dismiss the case, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. U.S. attorneys asked for a hearing to sort out the first legal challenge to the prosecution of Lyndell "Lynn" Price. Article continues below this adPrice earlier this month was indicted on charges that he hired men to set fire to Bar 5015 in June 2020.