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Harris County District Attorney's Office Newsroom
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District Attorney Devon Anderson announced today that her office is launching a no refusal initiative through the Labor Day Weekend. There will be extra prosecutors on duty to assist law enforcement agencies in filing cases on arrested intoxicated drivers throughout the weekend. Under the no refusal law, a search warrant will be issued to draw the blood of any suspected intoxicated driver who refu
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News Release No Refusal Labor Day 2014.pdf |
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Who: Devon Anderson, Harris County District Attorney
Adrian Garcia, Harris County Sheriff
Alan Rosen, Precinct 1 Constable (will talk about Deputy Jeff Wooten, hit by drunk driver, Joseph Fiedor case #: 1415457)
The Patel Family (will talk about their 4 loved ones, hit by drunk driver, Million Zeghergis case#: 1435309)
What: No Refusal Initiative Ahead of Labor Day Weeke
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Media Advisory No Refusal Labor Day 2014.pdf |
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District Attorney Devon Anderson announced today her push to stop food stamp trafficking in Harris County. Her initiative comes as Allen Nguyen, 37, Loan Lai, 28, Arvind Patel, 55, and Roshni Patel, 27 have all been indicted by Harris County grand juries with food stamp fraud. The 3rd degree felony charges stem from a lengthy and thorough investigation by the DA’s Office and the Office of Ins
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News Release Food Stamp Trafficking.pdf |
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District Attorney Devon Anderson today announced Cynthia Gonzalez Martinez, 46, has been transferred from Gadsden Correctional Facility in Quincy, Florida to Harris County to face prosecution for five felony charges. The charges include credit card abuse, forgery and tampering with a governmental record.
According to court documents, Martinez stole from a victim who was attending 9:00 a.m. Ma
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News Release DA Office Locates Woman Charged with Credit Card Abuse.pdf |
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District Attorney Devon Anderson announced today that her office has been awarded nearly a half a million dollars in funding for the No Refusal initiatives. The funding is provided by the Texas Department of Transportation by way of a federal grant.
Under the No Refusal initiative, extra prosecutors are assigned to help law enforcement obtain a search warrant to draw the blood of any susp
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News Release 2014 No Refusal Grant.pdf |
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Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson will try her first capital murder case since taking office in September.
“I am honored once again to represent the great State of Texas in the courtroom as we seek justice for Corporal Jimmie Norman and business owner Terry Taylor,” said DA Anderson. “Because of my respect for the integrity of the process, I will not be commenting on the tri
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News Release DA Capital Murder Trial.pdf |
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District Attorney Devon Anderson released a new public service announcement video today featuring information on protective orders. In the video, Nidia Cantu, a case worker and Kapriva Hutchinson, a social worker in the Office’s Family Criminal Law Division, join DA Anderson to urge the victims of domestic violence to obtain a protective order to ensure their safety and the safety of their family
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News Release DA launches PSA on Protective Orders.pdf |
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The Harris County District Attorney’s Office announced today that Harris County Sheriff Deputy Christopher Ellis was arrested while working his patrol shift Monday evening and is charged with two counts of ‘possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver.’
The 34 year old Ellis is currently in the Harris County jail in lieu of a 60 thousand dollar bond for each charge. Ellis
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Media Release Christopher Ellis.docx |
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District Attorney Devon Anderson announced today the results from this past weekend’s no refusal initiative. The District Attorney’s Office, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, the Houston Police Department and surrounding law enforcement agencies joined forces to have more resources available on the Fourth of July weekend to reduce the number of impaired drivers on the road.
The Distric
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News release No Refusal Fourth of July 2014 Arrests.pdf |
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