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With the help of some modern technology and the hard work of the Sealy patrol sergeant, authorities were able to nab a suspect with stolen cargo valued at more than $230,000. Arman Karapetyan, 37, was arrested and charged with forgery of a financial instrument and theft of property.

A 41-year-old Katy man and former police officer in Wallis, Eagle Lake and Brookshire has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing a child. Drew Bryan pled guilty to two counts of indecency with a child by sexual contact in the 268th District Court.

AUSTIN – Throughout January, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is reminding Texans to be vigilant and educate themselves about the dangers of human trafficking as part of Human Trafficking Prevention Month.

The Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina announced that a Mint Hill, North Carolina man that allegedly planned to use knives and hammers to execute a deadly New Year’s Eve attack at a grocery store and a fast food restaurant in support of the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has been arrested and charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. The criminal complaint was filed on Dec. 31, 2025, and was unsealed today after Christian Sturdivant, 18, appeared in federal court in Charlotte.

Governor Greg Abbott today touted the strength of the Texas economy as the state set new records for the number of Texans working and the size of the Texas labor force. Texas also continues to grow jobs at a faster annual rate than the U.S. as a whole based on November employment data.

From responding to the New Orleans terror attack on the first day of the year to enduring the longest federal government shutdown in history, the men and women of FBI Houston steadfastly protected communities along the Texas Gulf Coast throughout 2025.