Local Crime

Police were at the Villages Apartments on Monday afternoon and Friday night investigating cases of people having been wounded by gunfire.

George Powell spent 11 years behind bars in Gatesville for allegedly robbing a store. This week, an appeals court had him transferred to the Bell County Jail.

Mark Anthony Soliz, 37, was put to death by legal injection in Huntsville, Texas. Soliz is the 15th person this year to be put to death, and the 6th in the state of Texas according to reports.

Someone didn't get the memo about a new Texas law in effect making package theft a state jail felony.

Ramirez was stopped while driving at a port of entry in Brownsville with 2 of her children in June 2018. Agents searched Ramirez's Nissan Maxima and found almost 6 kilos of methamphetamine in a hidden compartment in the vehicle.

Police say 21-year-old Joseph Riley Knowles turned himself in after surveillance stills of an August 12 robbery at Belton's CVS Pharmacy began circulating.

Jose Manuel Gonzalez, 47, will serve a life sentence after being convicted of continuous sexual abuse of a child, and indecency with a child by contact.

Chief Nathan Sodek reportedly shot himself inside his home after speaking with rangers on his porch Friday morning

Crime isn't funny, but the look on the guy's face when things don't go according to plan is priceless.

Police say they have a suspect, but the person remained at large Tuesday.