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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A South Texas sheriff's deputy has been charged with theft for allegedly charging $2,900 of her own expenses to an inmate's credit card.
Bexar (bayr) County records show Deputy Laura Ramos was free Friday on a personal recognizance bond after being charged with credit card abuse and theft by a public servant.
Online records don't list an attorney for Ramos, who was assigned to the detention division before her arrest Thursday. Ramos has been put on administrative amid the process to fire her.
A sheriff's department statement says Ramos allegedly obtained the inmate's credit card information and agreed to deposit $500 into the prisoner's Texas Department of Corrections account. The female inmate, whose name wasn't released, had been in the county jail.
No money was deposited in the Texas prison account.
DALLAS (AP) — Several minority high school students from Dallas say they were racially harassed by some Texas A&M University students and told they were not welcome at the College Station campus.
A&M President Michael Young says the allegations are being taken seriously and he deeply regrets the pain and hurt feelings of the high school students.
About 60 juniors from Uplift Hampton Preparatory visited A&M on Tuesday.
Sen. Royce West, in a statement Thursday, said the incident began when a white woman approached two black students and asked their opinion of her Confederate flag replica earrings. The Dallas legislator has called for expulsion of any A&M students found to have harassed the younger students.
The incident was witnessed and reported by an A&M guide and an Uplift official. Campus police were contacted.
IDALOU, Texas (AP) — Investigators are trying to determine who fatally stabbed an 18-year-old West Texas high school student at her home and set the place on fire.
The Lubbock County Sheriff's Office said Friday that no arrests had been made in the slaying of Holli Jeffcoat of Idalou (EYE'-duh-loo). Lt. Bryan Taylor described the victim as a "special needs" student. He declined to elaborate.
Taylor says a relative found Jeffcoat's body Wednesday morning. Taylor says the initial call for help then came from a neighbor.
Taylor declined to release further details of the fire, other than to say it was intentionally set to try to conceal the crime.
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is also investigating the death. Spokesman Paul Zimmerman the family had prior involvement with Child Protective Services.