Neighborhood on lockdown in search for illegal immigrants

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A neighborhood in north Houston is on lockdown as police search for illegal immigrants.

Police tell us they were looking for a vehicle involved in a robbery when they spotted an a pickup truck driving suspiciously around East Tidwell near Bauman.

Officers ran the plates and say the truck came back as stolen. Investigators say when they tried to pull the pickup over several people got out and started running away.

Authorities say they are not sure exactly how many were inside but tell us they do have 11 suspects in custody.

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Murder suspect who forced lockdown of four Houston area schools earlier this month arrested in Virginia

On Wednesday, police in Virginia arrested Zumbotha Newsome.

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- We have an update on the search for a murder suspect who forced the lockdown of four schools earlier this month.

On Wednesday, police in Virginia arrested Zumbotha Newsome. Deputies have been searching for Newsome in connection to a deadly road rage incident in April. He disappeared in north Harris County earlier this month.

Four Klein ISD schools were locked down as deputies searched an area where he was possibly sighted.

It's not yet clear when he will be transferred from Virginia to Texas.

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Lockdown lifted at four Klein ISD schools; search continues for murder suspect

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Four Klein ISD schools were put on lockdown Wednesday afternoon as authorities searched for an armed murder suspect.

The lockdown was in effect for about two hours and was finally lifted shortly after 4pm, Klein ISD says. The schools affected were Klein High School, Klein Annex, Kleb Intermediate and Mittelstadt Elementary.

The Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office says the search for the murder suspect, who was believed to have a gun, began near York Minster and Wimbledon Estates after investigators say a tip led them to the area. The suspect was spotted getting into a vehicle. A Precinct 4 deputy constable tried to stop him and that's when the suspect got out of the vehicle and fled on foot.

The suspect, Zumbotha Newsome, is wanted in connection with a fatal road rage case from April 15 in northwest Houston. That crime happened in the area of 34th Street and Bella Vista.

Newsome, 36, is described as a black male about 5-foot-9, 200 pounds, with a scar on his forehead. He also sports tattoos on his left and right arms. Newsome also goes by the alias Michael Ray Bunn.

"We're asking anybody if they've seen anybody about 5'9", 200 pounds, black male wearing black T-shirt and black shorts to go ahead and either call Crime Stoppers or call 911," said Alfredo Perez with the U.S. Marshals.

Perez says Newsome is considered armed and dangerous.

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Pearland school lockdown lifted after stranger seen in bathroom

Carleston Elementary School was on lockdown Wednesday morning after a student saw a strange man near a school bathroom

  PEARLAND, TX (KTRK) -- A lockdown has been lifted at a Pearland elementary school after a student saw a strange man inside a school bathroom.

The lockdown lasted for nearly an hour and a half at Carleston Elementary School on Harkey. Pearland police say a fourth grader said they saw an unknown man inside a school bathroom at around 10:40am and immediately reported the incident to school officials.

Police arrived on the scene, a perimeter was set up and a room by room search was begun to account for everyone in the building.

Pearland ISD said the lockdown was precautionary. It was lifted at around noon.

No stranger was ever located and the scene is now cleared.

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Pasadena ISD lockdown lifted

Authorities are looking for at least one suspect involved in a robbery in the Pasadena area.

  PASADENA, TX (KTRK) -- A handful of Pasadena ISD schools were placed on lockdown this morning as police searched for suspects in a jewelry store theft.

Pasadena ISD officials tell us Rayburn High School, Fisher Elementary, Bailey Elementary, Park View Intermediate, the Guidance Center, and PISD administration building were all on lockdown as a precaution.

According to Pasadena police, it all started with a robbery at Fairmont Jewelry, located on 4111 Fairmont, at around 9am. Police tell us two motorcycle officers were nearby and saw the three suspects, including one with a gun drawn.

Those three suspects fled, but were all captured. The lockdown was lifted shortly before 11am.

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Lockdown lifted at Galveston schools

  GALVESTON, TX (KTRK) -- Administration at Austin Middle School and AIM College and Career Prep school as well as Galveston Independent School District Police initiated lockdown procedures at the campuses this morning. The emergency policy went in place at approximately 8:45am at Austin, then shortly thereafter at AIM College and Career Prep due to their vicinity of a reported shooting in the neighborhood near the schools. The lockdown was lifted at approximately 9:50am at both schools.

The lockdown was a precautionary move by GISD Police. GISD police officers secured the exterior perimeter of the school property and made sure the students were safe. The lockdown was lifted after GISD Police and the Galveston Police Department determined it was acceptable to lift the lockdown measures. (Copyright ©2011 KTRK-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)
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Suspicious man prompted school lockdown

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Brazosport ISD's Velasco Elementary School was placed on lockdown status due to police activity on the campus but it has since been lifted.

According to the Freeport Police Department, officers were on the scene of the school at 401 North Gulf Boulevard.

School officials say that at about 7:15am, a suspicious man walked onto the campus without a visitor's pass and was asked to leave. He left, then returned to campus, but officials were unable to locate him.

Officials immediately locked down the school and called police. Freeport police did a thorough search of the entire building and surrounding area. No intruder was found.

The school resumed normal instructional services at 10:30am.

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Two SE Houston schools were on lockdown

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Authorities asked two southeast Houston elementary schools to go on lockdown as a safety precaution, and that lockdown has now been lifted.

Anna Nunez with Harris County Precinct 6 says deputies saw a man acting suspiciously. When they tried to approach him, he ran off into Ingrando Park. As a precaution, Precinct 6 asked that Sanchez Elementary and Crespo Elementary go on lockdown. That lockdown has since been lifted.

The man, who is not believed to be armed, is described as African-American, about six feet tall and balding. The suspect was not captured.

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