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Montgomery County law enforcement made 60 DWI arrests during the 2025 Labor Day DWI Enforcement Initiative, including four felony cases. Each arrest represents lives protected and a tragedy prevented as part of a countywide Task Force that demonstrat

A Montgomery County jury in the 221st District Court delivered a decisive 60-year prison sentence to 33-year-old Heriberto Hernandez, a resident of Honduras, after convicting him of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child.

A Montgomery County jury found Ricky Garcia guilty of Attempted Theft of an ATM (

Felix Shawn Ramirez, Jr. had every chance to stop. But, on the night he flipped his SUV across multiple lanes of traffic with a blood alcohol level of 0.204, he proved again that he wouldn’t — and that someone else would have to stop him.

Montgomery County’s coordinated DWI Task Force Initiative over the Fourth of July holiday weekend — from noon on July 4th through 7:00 AM on July 7th — resulted in 52 arrests for DWI/BWI.

On Thursday, June 26, 2025, a Montgomery County jury convicted Sean Michael Gates of Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child and delivered a 55-year prison sentence. The trial, held in the 435th District Court with Judge Patty Maginnis presiding, resulted

On May 22, 2025, the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office hosted the 2025 Montgomery County Summer Safety Press Conference—a collaborative effort of law enforcement, first responders, and community partners to encourage families to enjoy the

A man from Colorado has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after a proactive undercover investigation by members of the Montgomery County Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force uncovered disturbing child exploitation material and led to

It took years for her to find the words, but on April 4, 2023, a courageous 19-year-old survivor came forward to report the sexual abuse she endured at the hands of her mother’s ex-boyfriend. Her bravery—driven by a desire to finally seek closure—pro

At approximately 8:30 a.m. on Friday, April 12, 2024, Conroe Police Officers Michael Moote and Justin Webber stopped a vehicle driven by Tony Saddler. At the time of the stop, Saddler was on parole from a 12-year sentence for felony Assault Family Vi

April is nationally recognized as Child Abuse Awareness Month, and in Montgomery County, it has been a month of decisive action, collaboration, and powerful outcomes by the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force.

On Monday, April 21, prosecutors Laura Bond and Erin Delano selected a jury in the 9th District Court with Judge Phil Grant presiding. The accused in the case was Christopher Roy Flores, charged with Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child, a first degree

In 2012, an 8-year-old girl endured the unimaginable at the hands of someone she should have been able to trust. For years, her pain remained hidden, unspoken, but never forgotten. In 2019, she found the courage to come forward. This past week, justi

The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office today announced that Jeffrey Hitchcock, accused of felonious sexual abuse of a young child, was found guilty in the 359th District Court with Judge Kathleen Hamilton presiding.