Houston – A man has been arrested after confessing to sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl over a five-month period, according to the Houston Police Department.
The man, whose name has not yet been released, has been charged with felony retaliation and sexual assault of a child.
Officers responded to reports of a suspicious person call in the 8600 block of Pitner Road. Once they arrived at the scene, they learned that a report had been made earlier in the day regarding the sexual assault of a 10-year-old.
Officers contacted the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, appropriate HPD divisions, Child Protective Services and school officials to help them conduct a forensic interview with the child.
HCSO: Man with knife fatally shot by deputy who responded to mental health call
Deputy fatally shoots man in east Harris County
The sheriff s office says a man died after he was shot by a deputy in east Harris County.
HOUSTO - The Harris County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy who responded to a call about a mental health crisis fatally shot a man who had a knife.
The shooting occurred after midnight in the 9300 block of Sunflower Prairie in east Harris County.
According to the sheriff’s office, the deputy responded to the scene after the man’s wife called in to report that her husband was in a mental health crisis.
Texas’ highest criminal court tosses death sentence of Raymond Riles, state’s longest-serving death row inmate
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Raymond Riles has been on Texas’ death row longer than anyone else, first sent there in 1976. Despite several execution dates being set, he has repeatedly been deemed mentally incompetent to be put to death, instead lingering on the row and the prison’s psychiatric units for more than 45 years. At one point, he set himself on fire and was hospitalized for months.
Raymond Riles was first sentenced to death in 1976, the year the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty. Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune
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Raymond Riles has been on Texasâ death row longer than anyone else, first sent there in 1976. Despite several execution dates being set, he has repeatedly been deemed mentally incompetent to be put to death, instead lingering on the row and the prisonâs psychiatric units for more than 45 years. At one point, he set himself on fire and was hospitalized for months.
Texas deputy fatally shoots man with knife in crisis
April 14, 2021
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HOUSTON (AP) A Houston area man whose family says had a history of mental illness was fatally shot early Wednesday by a deputy after authorities allege he threatened the officer with a knife.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to the man’s home after his wife had called authorities around 1 a.m. because he was in a “mental health crisis, said Assistant Chief Mike Lee.
The deputy was met at the front door by the man, who was armed with a knife and refused to drop it, Lee said.