Former DC detective: 'Only a matter of time' until police make arrest in Sharkey death

Houston police have arrested a suspect in connection with a violent attack Monday night against a bar employee who claimed he had asked a customer to wear a face mask while inside the business because of the coronavirus, according to a report. The suspect, whom authorities identified as Patrick Kelly, 32, has been charged with assault and bodily injury, police Chief Art Acevedo wrote in a Twitter message.

BOSTON – A former college entrance exam administrator was sentenced on Monday to one year of probation for her role in the college admissions bribery scheme that has ensnared wealthy parents across the nation. Niki Williams, a former employee of the Houston Independent School District, pleaded guilty in September to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud and honest services wire fraud and mail fraud.

A former captain with the Houston Police Department was charged with assault after running a man off the road and holding him at gunpoint in an effort to prove what authorities called “unfounded” allegations of a voter fraud scheme, officials recently announced. Mark Aguirre allegedly claimed that an air conditioner repairman was the mastermind of a giant voter fraud scheme.

This year, America’s cities have experienced near-record levels of crime and violence. Philadelphia homicides are nearing an all-time high.

A man in Houston who attempted to check himself into the hospital and was seen cutting himself in the parking garage was shot by police Monday after allegedly charging at an officer with a knife. Houston police Chief Art Acevedo said the entire incident was captured by surveillance cameras.

The diva may be gone but she’s never forgotten.

A former federal prosecutor, speaking on the death of Houston social media influencer Alexis Sharkey, said electronic forensics is “paramount” in solving her case. Asked if he thought the investigation will proceed, Bill Johnston, who co-hosts the true-crime podcast “Justice Facts,” said investigators will likely “look first at the electronic forensics.” “Forensics is likely to be extremely important.

A man out on bond in a 2016 homicide case that Houston police say involved devil worshipping has been arrested in connection with a murder last month. The Nov.

The mother of Alexis Sharkey, the 26-year-old social media influencer whose body was discovered naked alongside a Houston road last month, said she was never aware of problems in her daughter's marriage.  "There's been all sorts of talk about problems," Stacey Robinault told Fox News. "She never shared those with me.

The case of influencer Alexis Sharkey’s tragic death has already touched so many.

Social media influencer Alexis Sharkey, whose naked body was recently found off a road in Houston, has been linked to a company that some have labeled as a “pyramid scheme,” according to reports. Sharkey’s body was discovered on Nov.

One of the public works employees who found 26-year-old social media influencer Alexis Sharkey’s naked body on the side of the road in Houston spoke out for the first time Saturday, a week after making the devastating discovery. “It plays back in my head.

Houston law officials rescued nearly 30 people from a house allegedly involved in human trafficking, according to reports. Houston police officers responded around 9 p.m.

A woman who was found dead on the side of a road in Houston should be remembered as a savvy businesswoman, not an Instagram influencer, her sister said Thursday. “She actually hated that word.

President-elect Joe Biden’s nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas to head the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is welcome news for America’s law enforcement community.

Experts weighing in on the death of Houston social media influencer Alexis Sharkey said Thursday that investigators are now likely analyzing the woman's final days and how her body appeared when it was found. Sharkey, a Houston transplant, moved to the Texas city with her new husband, Tom, earlier this year, relatives previously said.

The possibility of foul play “has not been ruled out” in the death of a social media influencer whose body was found in Houston after she disappeared over the weekend, an official said Tuesday. An autopsy of Alexis Sharkey was pending “further studies” as of Tuesday afternoon.

A 36-year veteran of the Houston Police Department was honored with a loving celebration Sunday after he died of COVID-19 complications last Friday, according to reports. The body of Senior Police Officer Ernest Leal Jr., 60, who had been fighting a weekslong battle, was given a police escort from the hospital to the funeral home.

A young woman who had a large following as an Instagram influencer has been found dead on the side of a west Houston road -- a day after she was last seen leaving her house after an argument, according to reports. Houston police had been looking for 26-year-old Alexis Less Sharkey when they found a woman’s body Saturday on Red Haw Lane.