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Posted on May 13, 2013 By The Martinez Law Firm
According to ABC Houston, a tip from the public allowed the police to uncover a $2 million drug operation in the state of Texas. The police recently set up a free app called iWatchHarrisCounty which ...
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Posted on Mar 11, 2013 By The Martinez Law Firm
The assistant principal at Spring High School in Spring, Texas, was recently accused of conducting an improper relationship with a high school student that was attending the school. According to a ...
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Posted on Mar 4, 2013 By The Martinez Law Firm
If you have been charged with assault in Texas, you may be terrified. Maybe you were simply playing around when you accidentally struck someone with a heavy object, and they accused you of being ...
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Posted on Feb 11, 2013 By The Martinez Law Firm
A father’s love for his sons is one of the strongest bonds in the world, but for one parent, this love turned criminal when he avenged his sons’ death by shooting the driver who killed ...
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Posted on Feb 4, 2013 By The Martinez Law Firm
An infant in Texas remains in intensive care after the baby was discovered starving at his home. At a year old, the child was only 7 pounds and 9 ounces. According to the Houston Chronicle, the ...
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Posted on Jan 28, 2013 By The Martinez Law Firm
Amber Alerts are announcements that are posted on digital billboards throughout a state to notify men and women to keep an eye out for a criminal. Typically, these alerts flash on electric billboards ...
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Posted on Jan 21, 2013 By The Martinez Law Firm
Recently, a fight erupted at a girl’s 16 th birthday that ended in the tragic death of both of her parents. According to KHOU, the parents began arguing as the party, and the argument escalated ...
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Posted on Jan 14, 2013 By The Martinez Law Firm
A former Massachusetts state representative and police officer, Jose L. Santiago, was charged on Monday with violating a restraining order against his ex-girlfriend. Last Thursday night, Santiago ...
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Posted on Dec 31, 2012 By Martinez Law Firm
Two, 25 year old Mobile, Alabama residents were recently arrested in Georgia for federal terrorism charges. Investigators report that their intent was to wage violent acts on behalf of jihad overseas. ...
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Posted on Dec 24, 2012 By Martinez Law Firm
In Harris County Texas, May of 2011, a young man was close to getting away with his well thought out crime of robbery, until he shot himself. Investigators share that they believe he would have ...
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Posted on Dec 24, 2012 By The Martinez Law Firm
Even on Christmas Eve, crime doesn’t sleep. An unfortunate chase ended in the death of a bystander and a Bellaire police officer in the City of Bellaire right outside of Houston. According to ...
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Posted on Dec 17, 2012 By The Martinez Law Firm
It is illegal to falsify information or lie to an insurance company. In fact, if you are deceptive towards an insurer, you will not only be confronted on moral grounds. You may be taken to court and ...
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Posted on Dec 11, 2012 By The Martinez Law Firm
According to a recent report on ABC Local a group of shooters burst into a residency in Harris County and demanded money from the family inside. Investigators have determined that this was a part of ...
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Posted on Nov 12, 2012 By The Martinez Law Firm
According to United States law, you have the right to an attorney. This means that no matter what situation you are in, you can hire a hardworking defense attorney to advocate for you in court. ...
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Posted on Oct 23, 2012 By Martinez Law Firm
In Houston, Texas, one homeowner was murdered when his home was broken into at about 6:30 this morning by a band of criminals. The men burst into the house and shot the head of the house to death. ...
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Posted on Oct 15, 2012 By Martinez Law Firm
Road rage can get the best of us, but for one man from Houston it ended up creating a serious crime. An argument broke out between two drivers on Thursday morning. Which ended in the death or a woman ...
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Posted on Oct 9, 2012 By The Martinez Law Firm
If you have been charged with the use of deadly force, then you will want to know what kind of allegations you are up against. For one, the use of deadly force is covered in Chapter 9 of the Texas ...
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Posted on Oct 2, 2012 By Martinez Law Firm
Mark Castellano is scheduled to be featured in a special on the popular talk show Dr. Phil next week, having finally confessed to the murder of his ex-girlfriend Michelle Warner. According to ABC ...
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Posted on Sep 17, 2012 By Martinez Law Firm
Jalen Larson Mays was nearby an equipment storage facility when the structure went ablaze. The flames licked the structure and charred the equipment that was stored inside, brining on thousands of ...
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Posted on Apr 2, 2012 By Herman Martinez
For some reason whenever a female teacher is arrested, charged, or investigated for allegedly having inappropriate relations with a male student (sexual assault) it becomes a major news story. I ...
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Posted on Mar 30, 2012 By Herman Martinez
This is a comment I get from clients all the time who are desperate to resolve the jam they find themselves in when arrested for a criminal charge. My clients are typically willing to do whatever it ...
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Posted on Sep 12, 2011 By Herman Martinez
Under current law, the act of sending a sexually explicit text message may be prosecuted under adult pornography laws. This can lead to felony convictions and possible life long registration under the ...
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Posted on Oct 8, 2010 By Herman Martinez
I talked about the seminar that I attended a few weeks ago where Judge Goodhart and Judge Fleming spoke to the Harris County, Texas criminal defense. Their purpose was to give criminal defense lawyers ...
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Posted on Oct 6, 2010 By Herman Martinez
I took some time to meet some of my neighbors on National Night Out. It is nice to take some time to talk to people that I have not seen in a while or merely wave to as I walk my dog. We had the ...
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Posted on Oct 3, 2010 By Herman Martinez
Today is " Respect Life Sunday " in the Catholic Church. I could tell when the priest starting speaking about capital punishment that people were not as comfortable with this issue as they were when ...
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