Three arrested for car burglary, fraud in Richmond

Carter Wells, Justin Dugar and Kendall Ramsey area all charged with burglary of a motor vehicle and fraud.

  RICHMOND, TX (KTRK) -- Three men are now facing charges in Fort Bend County accused of breaking into cars including one outside a day care center in Richmond.

Carter Wells, Justin Dugar and Kendall Ramsey were arrested. Deputies say the men broke into a car at a Kids R Kids day care on Bellaire Boulevard on Tuesday. The car owner says her purse, wallet and iPad were stolen.

Deputies later caught the trio at a fast food place using a stolen credit card. They also found items from two additional burglaries.

All three have been charged with burglary of a motor vehicle and fraud. Wells, 44, received bonds of $2,000 for the burglary and $4,000 for the credit card abuse charge, and Dugar, 23, and Ramsey, 18, received bonds of $1,000 and $3,000.

Ramsey posted bond while Wells and Dugar remain in the Fort Bend County Jail.

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Three hospitalized after single-vehicle accident

Emergency responders at the scene of a single-vehicle crash on Highway 59 near Fondren. Three men were injured (KTRK Photo / Marvin Suggs)

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Three men were hospitalized after a driver lost control in southwest Houston this morning.

It happened around 3:30am on Highway 59 near Fondren.

Investigators say the car went through a guardrail and then crashed into a light pole before flipping onto its side.

One man was ejected from the vehicle. The other two were rescued using the jaws of life.

There is no word on their conditions. The cause of the accident is still under investigation.

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Three UH students robbed in one week

  Pooja LodhiaHOUSTON (KTRK) -- The University of Houston says it is beefing up security after three students were either robbed, or nearly robbed, in one week.

The university is now putting together a task force to deal with these robberies. The UH police chief has promoted 10 people within the department and on Monday, he will be posting a position for a crime prevention officer.

In the meantime, many students are very scared. They're walking in groups. We talked to one girl who has started carrying mace.

The latest incident happened at an off-campus parking lot Thursday night. Police say a student was walking to his car when a man approached him with a gun. According to police, the student told the man he didn't have any money and then tried to get the gun from the suspect.

Police say the suspect responded by hitting the student in the jaw, getting into his car, and driving off.

Two other armed robberies were reported on campus on Sunday and Wednesday. They both happened in broad daylight. Nobody was hurt, but police say the suspects got away with money both times.

Many students wonder if extra security will even help keep them safe.

"I don't think they can be everywhere at once. I think they're doing a pretty good job right now, but it's just scary that people are robbing people in broad daylight. It's kind of a bad neighborhood surrounding the school, so I don't really feel safe on campus," said student Christine Lado.

"These guys aren't just waiting, like oh there's a cop there we can still do it. They wait until they're gone. So you can hire as many as you want, but I think it can still happen," student Ryan Techmanski said.

Right now, authorities don't believe the three crimes are connected.

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DNA links man to theft of three golf carts at Houston National Cemetery

Robert Torres, 32, is charged with theft.

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- DNA from blood left behind at the crime scene has linked a man to the theft of three golf carts at Houston National Cemetery.

According to court documents, the cemetery foreman told police that he closed the cemetery on the afternoon of Friday, December 16, 2011 and when he returned the following Monday, he discovered that three utility carts had been stolen. The foreman said a fourth golf cart had been tampered with and blood was left on the floor.

In addition, two wheels were stolen off a utility trailer and the foreman told police that a pickup truck and a Chevrolet Uplander were damaged in an attempt to steal them.

On January 31 of this year, the Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Lab confirmed a DNA match between the blood left in the cart and a genetic profile belonging to Robert Torres.

Court documents state the total loss was more than $36,000.

Torres, 32, is charged with theft.

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Three more suspects accept plea deals in Cleveland rape case

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Three more suspects in the alleged 2010 gang rape of an 11-year-old Cleveland girl pleaded guilty Thursday to avoid trials.

Kelvin Rashad King, 23, Jared Glenn McPherson, 20, and Timothy Daray Ellis, 20, entered into plea deals with the Liberty County District Attorney's Office, according to our Houston Community Newspapers partner, The Cleveland Advocate. All three are expected to be sentenced September 21.

The Cleveland Advocate reports the defendants' decision came after a 99-year sentence was handed to Eric McGown, another co-defendant who was convicted last week for his participation in the sexual assault.

In all, 20 males -- 14 adults and six juveniles -- have been charged in the case. They are accused of sexually assaulting the 11-year-old girl on two occasions.

Before Thursday's developments, eight of those defendants had already accepted plea bargains with prosecutors.

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Three killed, two others injured during shooting outside night club

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Three people are dead and two more injured after a shooting early Wednesday morning. Hundreds had gathered outside the Scores Cabaret in southwest Houston after a Juneteenth rap concert, and that's when someone opened fire.

That shooting happened right in the parking lot just a few steps away from the door. Police say the chaos had hundreds of people running for cover.

Outside Club Blue on Westpark, balloons are now a reminder of the five people who were shot in the parking lot early Wednesday morning.

Two women say their uncle, who's popularly known as "Dinky," is among the three victims who died.

Quitta said, "Just sad, and heartache and pain."

Police say the shooting happened shortly after a concert featuring Houston rapper Trae Tha Truth wrapped up. That concert was billed as part of a Juneteenth celebration at a strip club next door. Witnesses say the suspects fired between 20 and 40 rounds.

Ashley, a friend of one of the victims, said, "It was just heartbreaking, you know. I couldn't believe it."

Ashley, who didn't want to show her face or give her last name, told me her best friend Erica Dodson was also killed outside the club. Police say the single mother of three was an innocent victim who was just walking to her car.

"She was like an everyday person, I seen her every day," Ashley said. Just to hear the fact that, you know, that she's gone, it's really, really heartbroken."

Investigators say it's possible the Westpark shooting is gang-related. They say it could be connected to a domestic issue involving one of the male victims who received death threats recently. Now Ashley is asking why.

"Just by her walking from the store, going to the car, she's hit. She's dead," she said.

Trae Tha Truth's publicist tells Eyewitness News the musician suffered minor injuries from a bullet wound to the shoulder. A photo of Trae in his hospital gown was tweeted just before he was discharged from the hospital. Police are also calling him an innocent victim.

Police have not officially released the names of the victims. The big problem right now is that they say they need the community's help with leads on the suspects. They are asking anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

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Three injured in boat crash in Lake Conroe

  CONROE, TX (KTRK) -- Three people are in stable condition after firefighters say their boat struck a bridge support last night.

It happened around 11pm along the FM 1097 Long bridge on Lake Conroe in Montgomery County.

The North Montgomery County Fire Department says the boat was going northbound in the lake before crashing into the bridge support. Crews placed the three victims on their emergency boat before transporting them to Conroe Regional Hospital.

Investigators are still trying to figure out why the boat crashed.

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Three students accused of setting playground fire

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Three students have been charged with arson after they reportedly set a public playground on fire out of boredom.

A Crime Stoppers tip helped lead authorities to three students at Klein Oak High School in connection with a fire set at the park in the 22900 block of Rothwood on April 8.

Acting on the tip, an arson investigator with the Harris County Fire Marshal's Office went to the school on April 30 to interview students. According to court documents, Noah Bray, Clayton Gunn and Josetta Albrecht all admitted to some role in setting the fire.

Bray reportedly told authorities that he and Gunn had been lighting hand sanitizer on fire at his house, and then went to the park because "he had nothing better to do." Albrecht said she was picked up at her home by the pair on their way to the park.

Bray, 17, Gunn, 17, and Albrecht are all charged with arson.

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Three rescued from multi-vehicle wreck on West Loop

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Our Transtar JamCams captured a traffic crash involving several vehicles on the 610 West Loop northbound near Woodway.

The incident happened at around 7:30pm Friday. No word on what caused it, but rescue crews had to pull out at least three people trapped inside their cars. The victims were taken to a hospital. We do not know their condition.

Crews blocked lanes in both directions to work the accident.

The lanes re-opened shortly after 9pm.

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Three suspects sought in Montrose area bank robbery

The FBI is now involved in the search for three men who robbed an IBC Bank in the Montrose area

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- The FBI is now involved in the search for three men who robbed a Montrose-area bank.

According to investigators, the three men armed with guns, robbed the IBC Bank at Montrose and Branard around 10am Wednesday. No shots were fired and right now it's unclear if the men actually got away with any money.

The suspects drove off in a beige Cutlass which had its license plates covered.

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Three suspected carjackers lead police on chase

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Three men accused of carjacking a couple and leading police on a chase are now under arrest.

Police caught the men after a foot chase at the Cleme Manor apartments on Coke at Calles in east Houston overnight.

Investigators say the men carjacked a couple who were filling up containers of water on Lyons around midnight. About an hour later, an HPD unit spotted the stolen car, which is when the chase began.

After crashing, the men fled to the apartment complex but were captured two hours later.

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Shots fired during police chase through three counties

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A high-speed chase through three counties came to a violent end Monday afternoon in Polk County.

At around 2:30pm Monday, Montgomery County deputy constables say Humble police spotted a driver speeding in the New Caney area. A MCSO deputy constable tried to make a traffic stop, but the suspect fled and authorities gave chase. Deputies say speeds reached 140 miles per hour during the chase.

Law enforcement realized it was a stolen vehicle out of Sugar Land.

DPS says they laid down a spike strip which slowed the suspect's vehicle down, but he kept going and rammed some deputies off the road. The suspect was attempting to ram a Liberty Co. sheriff's vehicle when the captain fired his weapon at the suspect's vehicle, which then stopped.

From SkyEye 13 HD, a large bullet hole could be seen in the driver's side window of the stolen vehicle. The suspect was not hit, but was transported to the hospital as a precaution.

The suspect was taken into custody near Highway 59 at 190, near the Livingston area.

He is facing charges of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle as well as felony evading arrest.

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Three teen suspects nabbed in church break-in

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Sheriff's deputies say a local church was burglarized by three teenagers Tuesday afternoon, and all the suspects ended up in jail.

One church member actually helped officers catch the thieves and says this kind of thing happened there before. Officers say they have mixed messages from the suspects about the break-in.

"I seen a window broken out in the church, bicycle laying behind the church, the door was open in the back of the church," said Glenn Nitsch, a member of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.

Nitsch was driving by his church and stopped to see what was going on. That's when he found officers looking for burglars.

"We just kinda flushed 'em out; they ran out the front of the church," Nitsch said.

Nitsch and officers had surprised three young burglary suspects. One stayed by the church and two tried to run for it. Officers quickly caught those suspects.

A lieutenant tells us officers got two different stories about the break-in.

"One of the juvenile males told me the reason they did they were bored. Another juvenile male told me they were hungry and that's why they broke into the church," Harris County Sheriff's Office Lt. J.R. Rollins said.

SkyEye HD found what was stolen from the church.

"Two liters of soda water and one bag of Cheetohs and two firelighters," Rollins said.

The church was broken into a few years back. Nitsch says that break-in ended similar to this one.

"We caught them as well, so this is the second time we've caught people in the church, coming out of the church and being arrested," Nitsch said.

Officers tell us all three teenagers will face burglary charges, and the two who ran off also will face evading arrest charges.

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Two of three arrested may be responsible for string of west side home burglaries

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- The Harris County Precinct 5 Constable's Office says there have been a number of burglaries in the Memorial area over the last month. And now, it's seeing a break out of similar burglaries just a few miles away.

The break-ins happened at a neighborhood near the Katy Freeway and Beltway 8. Investigators are now looking to see if there's a connection between crime in these neighborhoods.

It was a very bad Monday for some homeowners in the Autumn Oaks neighborhood near the Memorial area. Some came home to find someone uninvited had been in their house.

"My daughter's house and someone kicked in the door this morning after they left," said Judy Nockolds.

It also turned out to be a very bad Monday for three burglary suspects in the Memorial area. They were picked up by Precinct 5 constable's deputies after a neighbor in the 600 block of Electra saw something suspicious and called.

"One of the patrol officers who arrived on the scene made contact with an individual, his story didn't add up quite right and they discovered it was a burglary in progress at the home next door," Harris County Precinct 5 Constable's Office Assistant Chief John Laine said.

Investigators say they found Steffen Bales knocking on a door, acting as a distraction to give Dean Denzel Campbell and Nathaniel Sewall time to get away.

Campbell and Sewall were arrested after foot chases.

But the way the trio operated caught the attention of investigators.

"Yeah at this point, we believe these a probably connected to a lot of burglaries that are happening from the Galleria area out to the far west part of Houston," Laine said.

In the Galleria-area burglaries, a burglar knocked on the door to see if someone was home, and if no one was home, the burglars would go around the back and throw a brick through a glass window.

In both, burglars took the same things.

"Principally jewelry, guns and just items they could load in a little bag to carry out," Laine said.

Campbell, Sewall and Bales are not accused of the Galleria burglaries; three other men are charged with those crimes.

And from one of the homes broken into on Monday, a word of advice.

"It's a good reminder for everybody to put the alarm on even if you're just gone for five minutes," Nockolds said.

The Harris County District Attorney's Office says one of the suspects in the Galleria-area burglaries has a court date Tuesday. One of the three, Bobby Ray Powell, is still at large.

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Three armed suspects accused of robbing pit bull seller

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Three suspects are accused of an armed robbery of a man who was selling them a pit bull puppy.

According to court documents, the male victim, who sells pit bull puppies, received a call from a buyer the night of March 8 and agreed to meet the buyer at his south side house. The victim says when he walked out of his house at around 10:40pm, he was met by three armed suspects, who forced him back inside and demanded money and property. He told police that the suspects forced his wife to the floor and stole cash, electronics and his pit bull puppy.

Police say they tracked the caller's phone number to Roderick Mason and that the victim picked Mason out of a photo array. He also picked the two other suspects, Tori Kelly and John Joseph, out of photo arrays.

Mason was arrested on March 14 for an unrelated case, along with Joseph and Kelly, court documents state.

Kelly, Mason and Joseph are charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon.

Bond has been set at $30,000 each.

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Three sentenced to prison for stealing millions from oil giant

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Three former employees of Davis-Lynch have been handed lengthy prison sentences for stealing millions from the oil company and using it to buy lavish items.

Nancy Moreno, 55, was sentenced to serve 30 years, Yvette Ybarra Trevino, 47, was sentenced to serve 15 years, and Ernest Trevino, 44, was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison, according to the Harris County District Attorney's Office. A judge also ordered that restitution of approximately $13 million be paid to the company as a condition of parole.

The former employees of Davis-Lynch were charged after an internal audit revealed more than $13 million had been stolen from the company and company equipment was found at the home of Moreno. Further investigation led authorities to discover that the employees used the money also to purchase luxurious homes, jewelry and vacations.

"Davis-Lynch was founded as a small, family- operated business, and Nancy Moreno was trusted completely. She would have coffee with the CEO in the morning, chat with him about news and such, and then steal him blind when his back was turned," Assistant District Attorney Wendy Baker said in a statement. "She started as the company receptionist, and although she had no formal training or college education, she eventually rose to act as the chief financial officer for the business. She and her codefendants were trusted, valued employees who betrayed the Davis-Lynch families."

Three others also have been charged in the case.

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Three women arrested in suspected prostitution scheme

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- An undercover operation leads to three women being arrested in a suspected prostitution scheme.

Accused madam Heather Rachelle Garrett, of Lufkin, was in court Monday morning to face charges. Police say they were investigating Houston Co-eds escort service and spoke with Garrett. They say she met two undercover officers and then had two other women meet them.

Police say the women offered to have sex for money and Garrett was going to charge a fee for making the arrangements. That's when all three women were arrested.

Garrett, 21, is charged with aggravated promotion of prostitution. Bond is set at $5,000.

Judith Ann Armstrong and Tristan Kaye Durate are also facing charges.

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La Marque ISD suspends three students in coach's beating

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- We have an update to last week's attack on a Manvel High School coach after baskbetball game.

Coach Greg Devers was punched in the face in a fight after the Manvel boys team played a game at La Marque High School.

La Marque ISD suspended three of students and says the district is deciding punishments. Some non-students involved in the fight were also identified.

Those involved in the fight could face possible criminal charges.

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Three arrested, two sought in Walmart armed robbery

Investigators are still looking for two other suspects, Stanley White, 18, (left) and Kevin Harris, 21.

  ATASCOCITA, TX (KTRK) -- Three men have been arrested for a robbery at an Atascocita Walmart last week, but authorities say two more of the heavily armed suspects are still on the loose.

Harris County Sheriff's Office says investigators made the arrests in connection with the robbery of a Walmart store at 6626 East FM 1960 in Atascocita. Larry Jordan, 17, Errol Robey, 18, and Ricky Chatman-Hall, 19, are in custody.

According to HCSO, Chatman-Hall and Robley were Walmart employees.

At approximately 11:00pm on January 10, multiple masked suspects entered the big-box retailer. The suspects wielded high-powered rifles as they moved through the store directly to the office where cash was stored. One suspect wheeled a large metal box containing an undisclosed amount of cash in a shopping cart to a waiting getaway car outside.

All suspects fled the scene in what appeared to be a white four-door passenger vehicle, possibly a Ford Taurus. Surveillance video of the crime was released last week.

Investigators are still looking for two other suspects, Stanley White, 18, and Kevin Harris, 21.

All five are charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Stanley White and/or Kevin Harris can call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS. Crime Stoppers will pay up to $5,000 for any information called in to the 713-222-TIPS (8477) or submitted online at www.crime-stoppers.org that leads to the filing of felony charges or arrest of the suspect(s) in this case. Tips can also be sent by text message. Text TIP610 plus your tip to CRIMES (274637). All tipsters remain anonymous.

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