Large quantity of drugs seized in suspected human trafficking incident

NACOGDOCHES COUNTY, Texas – A Tuesday-night traffic stop by Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office deputies resulted in numerous felony charges for three Wisconsin residents who are suspected of human trafficking. Luis Emmanuel Quevedo-Vasquez, 29, Carmen Guadalupe Diaz, 24, and Christina Soledad Soler, 32, all of Green Bay, were taken into custody in the incident, which began […]

UPDATE ON NACOGDOCHES POLICE DEPARTMENT FATALITY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION

NACOGDOCHES,TX (APRIL 3, 2024): Nacogdoches Police have released the name of the victim of Monday’s fatality accident in the 100 block of N.E. Stallings Dr. The victim was identified to be Tyrone Rausaw, 62 years of age, from Nacogdoches,Tx. This investigation is ongoing and as further information becomes available it will be released.

NACOGDOCHES GRAND JURY INDICTS SUSPECT WITH CAPITAL MURDER

NACOGDOCHES,TX (APRIL 3, 2024): At approximately 4:03 p.m. on October 28, 2023, officers with the Nacogdoches Police Department responded to 128 S. Stone St. for a welfare check. Officers arrived finding two women deceased at the residence from suspected gunshot wounds. Investigating NPD Officers were able to identify the deceased as Laura Jean Sanford and […]

NACOGDOCHES POLICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATING FATALITY ACCIDENT

NACOGDOCHES,TX (APRIL 1, 2024): Nacogdoches Police responded to the 100 block of N.E. Stallings Dr. around 5:13 p.m. this afternoon after receiving calls of a major accident involving a passenger vehicle that had left the roadway and struck an adult male. The adult male that was struck by the passenger vehicle was declared deceased on […]

Marijuana, stolen firearm seized during search

NACOGDOCHES COUNTY, Texas – Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested two men while investigating a shooting in the county Thursday night after they were found in possession of a felony amount of marijuana and a stolen firearm.Deputies were dispatched around 4:16 p.m. Thursday after 911 dispatchers received a report tha someone had fired at a […]

 2.2 lbs of meth seized in traffic stop

NACOGDOCHES COUNTY, Texas – Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office deputies seized more than 2 lbs of methamphetamine during traffic stop Sunday.Timothy D. Moore, 43, of Memphis, Tenn., was booked into the Nacogdoches County jail on a firstdegree felony of manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance.A deputy patrolling in the 8000 block of U.S. 59 N. noticed a […]

Two charged in drug investigation

NACOGDOCHES COUNTY, Texas – A month-long drug-distribution investigation led to the arrest of two Nacogdoches residents on numerous charges Thursday morning.Willie Marcell Ballard and Samantha Inez Wallin, both 35, were taken into custody after Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office investigators developed information indicating they were responsible for the sale and distribution of drugs – including methamphetamine […]

Anglers Catch Hundreds of Record-Setting Fish

Anglers throughout Texas established fishing records through the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Angler Recognition Program (ARP) in 2023, highlighted by one of the most notable — six-year-old Ernst Toepfer V becoming the youngest Elite Angler in program history. Toepfer earned his Saltwater Elite Angler Award certificate by accumulating Big Fish awards for five saltwater qualifying species. He […]

One charged after meth found during traffic stop

NACOGDOCHES COUNTY, Texas – A Lufkin man was charged with a second-degree felony during a traffic stop Monday night after deputies discovered a large quantity of methamphetamine in his vehicle. While patrolling in Etoile around 11:30 p.m., NCSO deputies noticed a 1999 Dodge Dakota swerve from the eastbound lane to the westbound lane of state […]