Police Believe Body of Child Found in Texas Motel Is 6-Year-Old Samuel Olson. His Father’s Girlfriend Now Faces Evidence Tampering Charge. Jerry Lambe
Samuel Olson, Theresa Balboa
Police in Houston believe that the body of a child discovered stuffed inside a tote bag in a Texas motel room is likely that of 6-year-old boy
Samuel Olson, who was reported missing last week. The girlfriend of the boy’s father was arrested and charged with evidence tampering, Houston Police Assistant Chief
Heather Morris said during a Wednesday press conference.
According to Morris, 29-year-old
Theresa Balboa filed the initial missing persons report for Olson on Thursday evening, but the story she told officers began to unravel as the investigation progressed. Balboa told officers that at approximately 7 a.m. on Thursday morning she saw the boy’s mother speaking to a police officer at the front of the residence. Balboa said the officer told her that she would “go to jail
Former Houston police officer Steven Bryant pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal charge of falsifying records that interfered with a government investigation.
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Police: Houston boy, 5, struck by ricocheting bullet after mom shot at dog
Angelia Mia Vargas (Photo: Houston Police Department)
HOUSTON - Houston police say a 5-year-old boy was struck by a ricocheting bullet after his mother fired shots at a dog that was running loose across the street.
The woman, 24-year-old Angelia Mia Vargas, is charged with deadly conduct - discharge of firearm.
Police responded to a shooting call in the 700 block of Dunham Road around 2:15 p.m. Saturday.
Officers learned that the boy had been struck in the abdomen by a ricocheting bullet. He was taken to the hospital in stable condition with what are believed to be non-life-threatening wounds.
Two gang members of the notoriously violent MS-13 living illegally in Texas have been sentenced to 40 years in prison after murdering a 15-year-old girl.