Weight Loss Drug Case: Hamilton County Resident Accuses Sheriff Boulton of Illegal Participation
A Hamilton County resident has filed a petition in district court accusing Sheriff Jason Bradley Boulton of participating in an illegal weight-loss drug scheme and failing to enforce Texas law. The filing alleges the sheriff purchased unapproved GLP-1 compounds, maintained a personal relationship with the woman accused of distributing them, and neglected his duty to stop the illegal sales despite knowing they were occurring. The petition claims Boulton’s actions — and inaction — contributed to a growing health risk in the community as several residents reportedly became ill after taking the unapproved drugs.
Kyle’s 20-Minute Axon Clash: Privacy Fears, Political Rhetoric, and the Reality of Public-Space Cameras
The Kyle City Council’s debate over a new Axon contract was supposed to be routine, but it quickly became a window into how misinformation, campaign rhetoric, and confusion about privacy laws shape public policy. For nearly twenty minutes, Councilwoman Claudia Zapata pressed police officials on artificial intelligence, scanning, surveillance, and liability — only to reveal gaps in understanding that overshadowed the contract’s actual purpose and the legal realities of public-space privacy.
VIA Police Discipline Log Raises Questions After Lawsuit Ends in Dismissal
VIA Metropolitan Transit Police has released its disciplinary records for the period spanning August 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, a fourteen-month window that coincides with the lifespan of a federal civil-rights lawsuit recently dismissed against the agency and several of its officers. The records, provided in response to a public-information request, consist almost entirely […]
State Commission Rebukes Former Hereford Judge for Discriminatory and Unlawful Court Conduct
A Texas judge was found to have threatened children with sexual violence, mocked defendants for being poor, denied people interpreters, and gave favors to friends while punishing everyone else.
Her discipline? A public reprimand — issued after she had already retired.
The findings are now permanent. The consequences? That depends on the public paying attention.
When the System Waits, So Do the People: Judge Warned After 5-Year Delay
A Texas judge has been issued a public warning after a habeas case sat without required findings for nearly five years. Despite multiple orders, reminders, and deadlines from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, action wasn’t taken until a show-cause order threatening contempt was issued. Now, the State Commission on Judicial Conduct is weighing in, raising new questions about judicial accountability, court management systems, and constitutional delays.
Re-Elected Harris County Judge Publicly Reprimanded in Capital Murder Case
Harris County Judge Natalia “Nata” Cornelio has been publicly reprimanded by the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct over her handling of the Ronald Lee Haskell death-penalty case. State officials found she acted with bias and denied prosecutors a required chance to be heard, prompting her removal from the case and raising new questions about judicial procedure in one of Texas’s most notorious mass murder prosecutions.
The Case They Called Solved: How the ‘El Gallito’ Murder Unraveled in Cameron County
When Ernesto “El Gallito” Gonzalez vanished in 2017, Texas Rangers called it a mystery solved after arresting his nephew, Salomon Campos Jr. But five years later, a jury disagreed—acquitting Campos and exposing a case clouded by alleged perjury, missing evidence, and official missteps. Today, the Texas Department of Public Safety still lists the murder as “solved,” even as Campos sues those who accused him and the victim’s family still waits for justice. What began as a closed case has become one of South Texas’s most troubling questions: who really killed El Gallito, and how did the system get it so wrong?
From Dugout to Courtroom: Family Says San Marcos ISD Ignored Hazing Assault, Police and Prosecutors Looked Away
A San Marcos family says their teenage son was sexually assaulted during a hazing ritual inside the high-school baseball locker room — and that every institution meant to protect him failed.
First came the assault — a freshman player allegedly held down while an upper-class teammate forced himself on him. Then came the silence. His parents say coaches ignored their warnings, investigators brushed off their police report, and the district attorney’s office ultimately told them to “count themselves fortunate.” One prosecutor, they say, even remarked, “I was bullied too — it happens.”
Their federal lawsuit now claims San Marcos ISD showed “deliberate indifference” and punished the victim’s brother instead. What began as a locker-room assault has become a test of how far accountability really reaches inside the district — and how many doors must close before a family is finally heard.
New Braunfels Fire Captain Suspended After Station 7 Confrontation
A New Braunfels Fire Department captain has been suspended for eight days without pay after an internal investigation found he harassed a subordinate and created a hostile environment at the city’s newest $9.7 million fire station. The incident, which began during an EMS call in October, escalated into a heated exchange at Fire Station 7, just months after the facility opened its doors.
Starr County Judge Used Courtroom to Settle Private Dispute, State Commission Finds
What happens when a local disagreement over an old pickup truck ends up inside a judge’s courtroom — without a single case ever being filed? That’s the question now raising eyebrows in Starr County, where a state panel says a justice of the peace went too far.