Article Category: 1st Responder Activity

Legislators Support Saving “Our Park”: House Committee on Culture, Recreation & Tourism

TPWD Considers Temporarily Reopening Fairfield Lake State Park AUSTIN—Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and its Commission welcome the support expressed by legislators during a Thursday hearing of the House Committee on Culture, Recreation & Tourism. Committee members reiterated their desire to continue communication with TPWD, Vistra Corp. and Todd Interests to save Fairfield Lake State Park. […]

Firearms, drugs seized in Rusk County raid

NACOGDOCHES COUNTY, Texas – A Rusk County resident is facing felony charges following a raid on his home Tuesday morning. Terry Leon Milford, 66, was arrested after NCSO investigators, with the aid of the Rusk County Sheriff’sOffice, executed a search warrant on his home in the 12000 block of CR 3281 in Rusk County, just […]

One charged in child sexual assault case

NACODOCHES COUNTY, Texas – A Nacogdoches County man was arrested Friday on a felony charge for the sexual abuse of a minor.Jose Luis Villalobos, 67, was booked into the Nacogdoches County jail on a first-degree felony charge for continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 following an investigation by the Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office.NCSO […]

Three charged in altercation

NACOGDOCHES COUNTY, Texas – Three teenagers have been charged in an altercation at a local school that occurred Thursday. Angel Moreno and Angel Marcelino Rivera Montelongo, both 18, have been charged with first-degree felonies for engaging in organized criminal activity. They are currently incarcerated at the NacogdochesCounty Jail. A third juvenile suspect is currently in […]

Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives Captured in Texas

AUSTIN – Two of Texas’ 10 Most Wanted offenders are back in custody. Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Marlon Washington was arrested February 8. Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender Jerry Neiss was arrested February 13. No Crime Stoppers reward will be paid in either arrest. Marlon Ray Washington, 25, was taken into custody by members […]

Texas Department of Public Safety Memorial Construction Start

AUSTIN, Texas — The memorial recognizes the Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) officers and Texas Rangers who gave their lives to protect their fellow Texans. The memorial is a 77-foot circle of granite with an 11-foot-tall DPS trooper paying respects to a tombstone honoring the first fallen peace officer in Texas, a Ranger. The memorial […]

DPS Presents Three Lifesaving Awards, One Medal of Merit at February PSC Meeting

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Safety Commission (PSC) along with Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Director Steven McCraw presented three Lifesaving Awards and a Medal of Merit at the PSC meeting on Thursday, Feb. 16, at DPS Headquarters in Austin. “It’s important to take the time to recognize the critical, and often lifesaving, actions of these individuals,” said […]

UPDATE ON FATALITY MAJOR ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION

NACOGDOCHES, TX (February 16, 2023): Around 7:28 p.m. on February 15, 2023 Nacogdoches Police responded to the 2800 Block of NE Stallings for a three car major accident. Based upon our preliminary investigation it is believed that a white Jeep Patriot driven by Claudia Luna Villantes, 27 years of age from Nacogdoches, was traveling southbound and […]

NACOGDOCHES POLICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATING MAJOR ACCIDENT

NACOGDOCHES,TX (February 15, 2023): Nacogdoches Police responded to the 2800 block of Northeast Stallings Dr. around 7:28 p.m. this evening after receiving calls of a major accident involving several vehicles. Four people were transported by Ems to the hospital with two believed to have serious injuries. The Nacogdoches Police Department’s Traffic Unit is still on […]

Texas 10 Most Wanted Program Doubles Previous Record Number of Captures in 2022

AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is pleased to announce that in 2022, it had the highest number of Most Wanted Offenders captured in a single year since the program’s inception in 1993. Last year DPS, in cooperation with state, federal, local, and Mexican authorities,* captured a record 72 fugitives and sex […]