Arrests

One of the members of the San Antonio City Council, Clayton Perry, was arrested Thursday afternoon for allegedly fleeing the scene of an auto accident he caused Sunday night. Perry, 67, turned himself in at the Bexar County Courthouse for the misdemeanor charge. After posting a $2,000 bond, he told reporters he won’t resign from…

Dog owner charged in fatal mauling

July 26, 2022

Fort Bend County authorities have arrested and charged a 47-year-old man in connection with a fatal dog attack last week. Samuel Cartwright has been charged with ‘attack by dog resulting in death,’ a second-degree felony, according to the Fort Bend County sheriff’s office. He was jailed instead of $100,000 bail. Investigators identified Cartwright as the owner of…

Last year, the bars in San Marcos started closing at 2 a.m. instead of midnight, a change appreciated by residents, business owners, tourists, and Texas State University students. But the change, which also applies to restaurants, has meant more work for police patrolling downtown, where the number of driving while intoxicated arrests in the past…

A 20-year-old man was charged with felony intoxication manslaughter in the death of one of his passengers after a crash Saturday night in northwestern Travis County.  According to an arrest affidavit filed Monday, Jose Olvera-Tovar lost control of a Ford Explorer late Saturday on General Williamson Drive near RM 620. The Explorer struck several concrete…

More than 1,200 driving while intoxicated convictions in Harris County are invalid after a contractor was convicted of faking inspections of alcohol breath testing devices, prosecutors said. Deetrice Wallace, a Department of Public Safety contractor, told investigators that she had falsified inspections records for South Houston and Clute police department intoxilyzers. Wallace was prosecuted for…

A state appeals court upheld the conviction of Martin DiCarlo, a 47-year-old Williamson County man sentanced to life in prison in 2008 after his seventh drunken driving conviction. On Friday, the 3rd Court of Appeals in Austin rejected DiCarlo’s arguments that prosecutors improperly questioned potential jurors and ruled that a recorded jailhouse phone conversation between…

Local singer, Melanie Wilkinson, was killed in a collision on Monday at the 2200 block of East 51st Street, just east of Waterbrook.  Ms. Wilkinson had performed for Ann Richards, Lady Bird Johnson and Barbara Jordan and was scheduled to sing in Washington with a choral group at the National Cathedral in the next few…

Wesley Ray Marek, arrested August 11th, 2006, after a Round Rock officer stopped him over a possible traffic violation on Sam Bass Road, was sentenced in Williamson County recently to 25 years in prison after his 10th conviction on driving while intoxicated charges. The officer found that Marek was wanted in Brown County, almost 100…

Austin police released an annual ranking of bars where motorists who were stopped on suspicion of drunken driving reported having their most recent drinks. Several bars in downtown topped the list including Rain, Oilcan Harry’s, and The Ranch.  Police are using the list to help target enforcement efforts. The rankings are based on information drivers…