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12 hrs ago | The Family Badge

Texas sheriff's officials to alert judges before releasing inmates

The Nueces County Sheriff's Office will notify the judges when releasing inmates who were assigned to their courts.

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Thu Jul 10, 2014

The Family Badge

Pregnant teen turns down plea deals in convenience store robberies

Miranda Garcia, 18, opted instead to go to trial. Garcia faces up to life in prison on suspicion of charges of aggravated robbery, burglary and auto theft.

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Fri Jun 20, 2014

The Victoria Advocate

Edna man sentenced to 40 years in infant's death

Months away from starting a trial in which the state was seeking the death penalty, an Edna man accepted a plea deal Friday and was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the death of his infant son.

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Fri Jun 13, 2014

The Beaumont Enterprise

A tanker ship passes near Corpus Christi's North Beach on its way to the shipping channel.

A South Texas jury spared a couple imprisonment after finding that they had neglected their newborn and three older children while living on a beach.

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