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The Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office in Texas recently seized more than 42 kilograms of cocaine from a city maintenance worker.

Texas lawyer pleads guilty to passing public PACER documents to Mexican drug traffickers   Image from Shutterstock. A lawyer with an office in McAllen, Texas, has pleaded guilty to violating the Travel Act by accessing the PACER court database and using his cellphone to pass the publicly available information to drug traffickers. Lawyer Eric S. Jarvis, 48, admitted providing information to traffickers about drug seizures contained in criminal complaints, according to a Department of Justice press release. Jarvis knew that drug traffickers would provide the information to their suppliers to c...

Police Arrest Sheriff's Deputy After Bizarre Chase   DONNA, TX – A deputy with the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and driving while intoxicated Monday night. According to the Donna Police Department, on Mar. 15, officers with the DPD were dispatched to Lissner Avenue for the report of a reckless driver. The caller told dispatch that a truck was driving on rims and that the airbags looked as if it was deployed. Officers found the 2020 Chevrolet Silverado and pulled the pickup over. The officers noted that the truck was heavily damaged...

President Trump tours a section of the southern border wall in 2019, in Otay Mesa, Calif. President Donald Trump will visit the Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday, only days before the end of his presidency. South Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar explained to TPR on Saturday that he confirmed the visit with the Federal Aviation Administration and people on ground from the Department of Homeland Security. The Hidalgo County Democrat said Trump was expected to arrive at Harlingen’s airport and travel to a nearby area to showcase border wall construction. "I guess in his mind this is the priority, bu...